Dilly-icious, Missoula, Montana

If you’ve ever been privileged to eat the best homemade pickles ever, you appreciate the small wonder of cucumbers being ready for harvest at the same time as the dill plant.

And if you just thought, "What is she talking about?", then you may want to consider improving your circle of acquaintance to include a better class of home-cooking nurturer, preferably of the Ukrainian variety.

Of Cabbages and...Cabagges, Missoula, Montana

Driving to work over the past month, I've been watching the cabbages at Benson's Farm get progressively larger. If your family's culinary heritage does not include tasty, comforting fall cabbage dishes, as mine does, more's the pity! But all is not lost - the Internet can save you and broaden your cabbage view beyond coleslaw!
Ukrainian comfort food includes holubtsi (cabbage rolls), and if you are blessed with meticulous aunties, your family visits will include delicate versions smaller than your thumb.