High-end vinegar is going through something of a renaissance among foodies, chefs and home cooks. Vinegar is alive.

"If you can find them, and buy them, and taste them, and like them, there's no reason you can't grow them."

My adventures in the world of micro-gardening started innocently enough when I picked up a stray forsythia branch from our neighbor's yard waste bin while walking my daughters home from school on a cold winter afternoon.

Popcorn is simply preserved corn, a way of saving the harvest. Fresh corn can, of course, be boiled, roasted, steamed or baked.