At a holiday luncheon last week someone made the mistake of asking me about the problems of agriculture in our country. Unfortunately, crop subsidy-inflated land prices, non-living wages, inhumane conditions for animals and workers, environmental …

Spinach, broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Somewhere a group of hacks decided that we were supposed to loathe them and it stuck. For decades, children (and an occasional president) have been spitting out spinach, announcing they …

On the list of ways to screw up a perfectly good Thanksgiving dinner, the brown rubber that often passes for pumpkin pie is second only to a dry bird. This is unfortunate for anyone in …