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New Tricks for Halloween Treats: Cocktails and Caramel

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Using what we have in fall abundance, like those bushels of apples, in unique, tasty and frugal combinations—that’s what being a farmstead chef is all about.

How To Make Fresh Pasta

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Create fresh egg pasta in your hobby-farm home with this easy-to-follow recipe from a small-town pasta maker.

Easy Pumpkin Purée in a Slow Cooker

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Cookbook author Kathy Hester has turned our occasional slow-cooker fling into a long-term relationship. Here's a recipe for pumpkin purée in a slow cooker.

Swiss Chard Quiche: Savoring the Late-fall Garden

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After a near-tropical burst of warm weather here in Wisconsin lately, the reality of the real-deal hard frosts knocks at our farm door. Or more specifically, the fall greens are on their last hurrah.

Vegetable Stuffing

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Try this recipe if your holiday guests include vegetarians.

Chile-pecan Stuffing

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Spice up the holiday table by throwing hot peppers into your stuffing.

Wild Rice Stuffing with Apricots and Almonds

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Use rice as an alternative to bread in your next stuffing sidedish.

Cornbread Stuffing with Bacon, Apples and Onions

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Use cornbread in this Southern take on a traditional Thanksgiving dish.

Whole-wheat Bread

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Skip the store-bought bread and use this bread recipe for sandwiches, toast and anywhere else you'd employ a sliced loaf.

Sourdough Bread

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Try this recipe for a favorite traditional white bread.

Sourdough Starter

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Use this sourdough starter to make bread or a number of other delicious treats.

Cranberry-crowned Meatloaf

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Spruce up a boring meatloaf with the tangy taste of cranberries.

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