This moist and delicious cake is a dessert for all seasons (not just the fall during pumpkin spice madness), and it is right for a party, a potluck or a picnic, just as it is.

Love speaks even when the person can’t. For Mom.

There’s proof that flowers make us happy – it’s in our DNA! Check out some beautiful blooms and get happy yourself.

A love poem to a special ingredient that rises from slumber and transforms magnificently.

February has been a circle of life month, punctuated by the rejuvenation of the yard with spring’s early onset, birthdays at both ends of the spectrum, and the end of a life journey.

Obituary for Leland Eugene Glover, a wanderer and industrial electrician who loved the Yankees, his family and his lap dogs. RIP, Gypsy Gene.

Joy comes from connecting with other people, especially when you get to participate in their special moments, like my recent opportunity to contribute a vegetable grazing board to the menu for a 95th birthday party. Check it out and learn from my experience.

Bright green herbs with lemon juice and zest make this white bean spread a very fresh-tasting condiment that goes perfectly on a vegetable grazing board and can be used in a myriad of other ways.

This poem was written for my “kids” in response to the dVerse Poets Pub prompt from Laura called Cascading in Fives.

A poem about ripples reminding of those days of cooking and wine, stories and trust, laughter and imagination, acceptance and love.

A gallery of beautiful hibiscus to remember what it’s like when it’s not the dead of winter, and a poem about hibiscus dreams and springtime memes.

Zippy Coffee Rub is the magic behind our new Coffee Rub Steak Bites recipe, which is super-simple. And you can do cool things with the leftovers!

Spice mixes are a THING at Glover Gardens—and Zippy Coffee Rub is the latest installment.Get the recipe here.

I got inspired to experiment with creating a coffee rub. Hmmmmm, we don’t have a coffee rub in the Zippy spice mix collection…. but wouldn’t it be fun to create one?

A prequel poem about how Snoopy met Woodstock, and then they were found by Charlie Brown.

Answer to a dVerse Poets Pub prompt to write a quadrille (44-word poem) using the word “pinch”. Includes a cat, a horse and a crab and a reference to homonyms, homophones and homographs.

We love an appetizer platter here at Glover Gardens, and this one with cold-smoked salmon and caviar was elegant, quick to assemble and delicious. Get the recipe here.

Recognizing that while the farmers market in Tomball may not be the cause of the change in the city from a hick town to a more open-hearted, open-minded, diverse and enlightened place to be, it is the proof of it (a poem).

Join us for.a delightful summer afternoon tea at Skibo castle, with a bonus tour of the ‘house’ and gardens that once belonged to Andrew Carnegie.

Glover Gardens is about food, nature, poetry, travel, stories and photography, but social justice underpins everyone’s ability to enjoy those things—or not. MLK Day is time to remember that.