Jim Marks's Page

Tried my luck fishing today, but the fish must have made other plans. Luckily, I had another plan, too. Maybe still a tad early but ramps are out in profusion if you know where to find them. It's not that hard, they seem to like shady, damp woods, maybe along some woodland stream. And you might as well bring your…

If you spend a good part (maybe the best part) of your life in the kitchen, you probably have an ample supply of printed material, e.g., cookbooks, magazines, index cards that you regularly refer to for inspiration and for specific recipes. My personal kitchen library includes a number of older volumes and I find these useful not only for the recipes but for the insights into the history of food and food…

First day of winter, a good day to put something warming in the oven. Nothing too decadent as we'll have more than enough of that in the coming days, so for today baked beans it is.

Not all baked beans are created equal, though they're all equally good.  In my library is copy of…

Found this site the other day, provides not only ingredient substitutions but metric conversions for weight and volume measures and a lot more.