Bacon-and-Tomato Guacamole

Serves: 8 to 10 as a nibble 5 strips medium-thick bacon 3 medium-large avocados 1/2 medium white onion, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces 2 or 3 canned chipotle chiles en adobo, removed from the canning sauce, stemmed, slit open, seeds scraped out and finely chopped 1 medium-large round, ripe tomato, cored and copped into 1/4-inch pieces 1/4 […]

Autumn Apple Cake

Instead of the usual apple pie, think apple cake when those delicious, crisp apples start to fill the farmer’s markets this month.

Fresh: Dandy Candy

It’s that time of year, when your children will be craving candy made with pure high-fructose corn syrup. Or maybe not, if local company TruSweets has anything to do with it. Started by Bert Cohen of Lincolnshire, the company makes organic and natural gummy sweets and jelly beans—that taste just as good as Sour Patch […]