Deconstructed Lamb and Fennel Mint Salad (Chia Chong and Libbie Summers)

Waxing On About Love and Dandelions

Try to imagine being a child again where you saw each dandelion as an opportunity and not merely a landscaping nuisance. Remember back to the time when you would rush at the chance to pluck one with its head of white bursts between your chubby little fingers, fill your cheeks like billowing sails to blow, blow the top clear off sending shining white puffs into the sky.

There’s a Strawberry on my Back

I grew up wanting to work in the fields, a dream my parents deferred my entire childhood.

Every elementary kid did it, or so it seemed. Each summer a chartered school bus would haul sleepy-eyed kids from their homes to the sprawling strawberry fields just a short 15-minute drive into the county. While I lazed around watching “Tom and Jerry” and lapping up “toasted rice” cereal, I imagined my schoolmates singing songs and forging friendships in my absence.

Fruitcake Cookies

Recipe by Brenda Anderson Photography by Chia Chong Styled by Libbie Summers Model: Anna Heritage  Fruitcake Cookies  Ingredients: 1 cup vegetable oil 1 cup sugar 3 eggs, beaten 3 cups […]