A Provocative Kitchen Garden

When the White House announced Michelle Obama would be planting an organic vegetable garden on the South Lawn, cynics claimed it was nothing more than a photo opportunity to burnish the new First Lady’s image. They could hardly have imagined how a 20-by-50 plot of snap peas, kale, tomatoes, and squash would have such a [...]

Artisanal Baking

It started as a little friendly bake-off competition between Brian Noyes, then a publication director living in California, and his uncle in Florida. But it stirred up a passion for baking that would lead Noyes to pursue formal training and a second career in fine pastries and baked goods. This is how it worked: Noyes [...]