Bountiful Zucchini Zucchini is one of those vegetables we have difficulty growing. Between squash bugs, cucumber beetles and squash vine bo...

Elephant Garlic Pie Back in the 1980s, on a cold day in January I was preparing for the arrival of a newspaper reporter. She was comin...

I've tried tortilla soup in many restaurants over the years, some are ok, some have left me wishing I'd ordered something else. T...

I think I should go through my old recipe files more often. When I found the previous recipe from 1977 - the Apple Cake, I also found some e...

Jim Long's Garden: Jim Long's Apple Cake

Back in the 1970s when I was in the landscape design business I used to travel from Missouri to Tennessee early each spring to buy plant...

I've been going to the Missouri State Fair since I was 3 years old. It's an annual event for me. I love the Fair, the people, the ex...