Lettuce gets all the attention, served at every table. There are hundreds of varieties, with new ones each year. So what's wrong with chicories?

Peppers, which spread globally from the New World, were put to new and exciting uses everywhere they went.

I had a craving for fresh mint. I wanted to toss it with sliced oranges, knead it into meatballs and steep it for tea, even though January is not mint's time.

On the first day of Christmas, my garden gave to me a great abundance of broccoli.

Instead of cranberry sauce, why not a relish made from that excellent late-fall fruit.