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I get a little crazy when it comes to peach season. The plateaus of Palisade, Colorado are an easy daytime drive due west from here in Hays, USA; and as long as there are folks entrepreneurial enough to truck them back East down I-70, there will always be suckers like me who will buy them.

Half of the fifty pounds(!) of peaches purchased this time around are of the "Angelus" variety: A large, juicy, just sweet enough peach with a barely-noticable skin that's perfect for eating (you can't make ice…

The best made plans for an easy weeknight dinner shouldn't need to always involve opening a few boxes or passing the contents of bags straight from the freezer to the toaster oven. Case in point: These hamburger steaks are always a winner at our house. A study in decidedly un-snobby simplicity; this take on burger-sans bun begins with responsibly-sourced lean ground steer seasoned with the kinds of things that add even more umami to a surface that's been crusted with a whole lotta seasoned sear. An inexpensive alternative to a strip or ribeye to be sure; but just because you're eating cheap beef doesn't mean you have to eat mediocre beef.

The pies and cheesecake alone are enough reason for me to roast my garden grown pumpkins, but equally as tasty are those pumpkin seeds! The seeds of those smaller, sweeter pie pumpkins are my personal preference, as they can be eaten shell and all without the need for a whole reel of dental floss after the fact. Properly roasting pumpkin seeds is really a two-step process, as the seasoning needs to be coaxed into the shell to really…

I'm pretty sure that all Grandmas keep a magic wand in their cabinet that transforms anything that comes out of the oven into comfort food. My love for things like posole and a big ol' mess of greens was kindled thru my Grandmother, and the way I cook will probably always reflect her style of cooking. For this banana muffin recipe, I've built on the foundation of my grandmother's quintessential quickbread with a…