The Birds and the Bees

Fresh peas are a thing of beauty. Ready to eat in early summer, peas are some of the season’s first tastes of green. Winters are long up north where I live, and eating fresh from [ … ]

The bright, lip-puckering sourness of lemons? That’s the result of acid. So is the cutting tang of vinegar and the slightly sharp flavor of soda. In each case, your tongue is detecting an abundance of hydrogen [ … ]

As the temperatures start to dip, especially at night, and the days become shorter, you may be noticing that autumn is on its way. Depending upon your location, leaves may be just beginning to change [ … ]