Author: Marilyn Raff
Marilyn Raff is the award-winning author of The Intuitive Gardener, plus the author of two other garden books, Shrub Roses: Paradise in Bloom, and Ornamental Grasses for Western Gardens. For a decade she wrote a garden column for The Villager newspaper. Her poetry has been published in over twenty literary magazines, and Finishing Line Press has published her two poetry chapbooks—In the Palm of the Land, and Until Class Ends. Finally, her artwork, jewelry, and sometimes baked items are on displayed and for sale, at The Blue Chair, an art gallery and furniture store at 3473 S. Broadway, Englewood, Colorado 80113. With affection, Marilyn continues her passions of baking, cooking, painting, decoupage, sewing, gardening and making jewelry.
Chocolate chip raspberry-blackberry cream cheese muffins
even in winter, frozen fruits, like raspberries and blackberries are abundantly available at grocery stories.
Baked Fennel Au Gratin with Orzo and Onion
I ate fennel nearly fifty years ago when my husband and I were in Zurich, Switerland in the mid-seventies where we studied Jungian psychology. I didn’t like this vegetable much back then because of its potent licorice flavor. Also, I wasn’t familiar with how to cook it. I only baked it with a sprinkle of…
Spinach Muffin fritatta
Sometimes I like to switch up my breakfast routine. I often eat eggs, usually scrambled, sometimes oatmeal with a banana, maybe an opened grilled cheese sandwich, along with whatever yogurt, plain, vanilla, or with fruit, is available. My childhood was mostly eggs, bacon, and sugary cereals, which I haven’t eaten in decades. But lately, I…
Oven- Roasted Beef with Root Vegetables
Pot roast may be out of favor and fashion in many households, but still, occasionally it’s comfort food we desire, and enjoy…
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