On Friday I made rhubarb jam. The day before, reporter John Ross raised an eyebrow when I told him I love canning. He’s writing an Alive & Unedited piece about me that will be in the June 3 issue of Columbus Alive! It’s true. It pleases my soul to take an in-season about-to-spoil fruit and transform it into something that will last years. I like the rhythm of my work when I am chopping, stirring, [...]

I went to the community market recently for local asparagus.  They had none, but the local rhubarb looked fantastic.  Such is the way of a locavore – go to the market searching for a vegetable side dish, come home with ingredients for dessert. Some might say that rhubarb is a vegetable only a mother can love.  It requires care to grow and lots of sugar to balance the sour.  My own mother is well known [...]