My grandmother is 100 today, a bona fide centenarian. Wow!

Dressing Bites are a wonderful way to repurpose Thanksgiving leftovers, making for a very satisfying nibble.

A selection of mouthwatering and tradition-laden Thanksgiving recipes from the Glover Gardens archives.

A heron stopped by Gumbo Cove while I was there doing more cleanup from Hurricane Zeta.

You never know what you’ll find here on the pages of Glover Gardens, “a multi-faceted blog for multi-faceted people”.

When a hurricane storm surge happens at Gumbo Cove, the water roars in from the Gulf and goes back out eventually, but leaves behind an unwelcome calling card: canal mud.

Trucks, big, strong, sturdy, beautiful trucks, barrelling down the highway in a convoy, filled with workers loaded for bear and ready to slay the dragons of downed power lines to bring the lights back on for the people.

For that day in the future when the world has opened back up and all of us can exercise our God-given right to have pie tins filled with whipped cream flung at us, here are some tips.

We’ve got a few fall harvest cayenne peppers and a hankering for a stir-fry, so we’re going to be wokking it here at Glover Gardens tonight.

A well-timed comment from another blogger helped me realize that it’s ok to be a foodie-blogger-storyteller person with a unique and real message – even though my food isn’t art.

Lots of culinary discoveries and successes have been shared here, but sometimes it’s good to communicate about kitchen efforts that just aren’t worth it.

This light and bright side dish is a winner! It has cherry tomatoes for color and pop, garlic for a savory punch, lemon zest for, well, zestiness, and dill to balance everything. Plus a dollop of creme fraiche.

We love avocado toast! Not because we’re trendy, frivolous or extravagant, but simply because we love fresh food that’s bursting with vibrant flavors.

A poem dedicated to my brother, a victim of suicide, who suffered in silence. Call the suicide prevention hotline at 800-273-8255.

By using giant jars of pre-minced garlic that’s floating in additives, are we fostering a generation of underprivileged taste buds that have never experienced the joy of fresh garlic?

There are so many unknowns these days. But seeds of change are being sown, and autumn can bring a welcome respite.

I stumbled upon the picture and was reminded how delicious a straightforward but very well-executed pizza can be. I want to go back to Second Bar + Kitchen, post-pandemic.

I have cousins in ministry, and this is a guest post from two of them, Steven and Rachel Harvell.

A haiku inspired by mourning doves in the early morning at Gumbo Cove … were they sentries? Signposts? They seemed like they were anxiously awaiting something. Like us.

Chimichurri is a great sauce for fish, chicken, shrimp, steak, pork…you name it. It’s great as a dip for crudités. It’s a perfect condiment for a panini.