• Saving Summer Flavors Repost

    Right now is the peak of sweet corn here in North Carolina. This week, my parents and I went through the process of parboiling sweet corn and freezing it to use in the Fall and Winter months. I thought I would repost my blog from 2018 on how to do this process in case the spirit moves you to do the same thing. It is a bit of work for a day, but yields months of corn to enjoy. Find the blog here. And happy freezing!

  • Last Taste of Summer

    This weekend is Labor Day, the unofficial last hurrah of summer. Some lucky folks may be making a break for the beach, while others might be enjoying a family cook out. However people choose to celebrate the weekend, I am sure many people will be enjoying the last tastes of summer while they still can. One final treat to enjoy before the summer’s really over is sweet corn. Here in North Carolina, we are at the end of the season, but it is still plenty tasty. My girls still have braces on their teeth, so we haven’t had much corn straight off the cob in over a year, but it…