Linda Ditch
Linda Ditch is a food writer who inherited her love of cooking from her dad. She learned most of her cooking skills watching her grandmother cook in her farmhouse kitchen, and from TV chefs like Julia Child, Jacques Pippen and Graham Kerr. Her work appears regularly in KANSAS! Magazine and Topeka Magazine. You can check out more of her recipes on her blog, www.asunflowerlife.com.
Hot Chocolate to Warm a Cold Winter
By Linda Ditch on January 20, 2020
My favorite way to warm my cold fingers in the winter is to wrap them around a warm cup of a hot beverage. Often it is tea or coffee. However, I like to mix things up once in a while. For a sweet...
The Love-Hate Relationship with Eggnog
By Linda Ditch on December 18, 2019
When it seems like the rest of the world is celebrating pumpkin spice season, I start looking for eggnog in my grocer’s dairy case. I love eggnog, especially the one made by Kansas’s Hildebrand Farms...
Fall Corn Recipes
By Linda Ditch on October 2, 2019
Kansas corn harvest is well underway. Combines rumble through the tall, dry stalks from the wee hours of the morning into night harvesting the hard, golden kernels from the cobs. Of course, if you’re...
Summer Tomatoes
By Linda Ditch on August 8, 2019
Perhaps the greatest gift of summer is the tomato. This is the only time of year I will buy them, since I know they will be full of flavor. This red globe of goodness is the primary reason I go to my...
Cruise Cocktails for Summertime
By Linda Ditch on July 3, 2019
Looking for adult summer beverages to chill the Kansas heat? I’ve discovered one of the best places to get ideas is on a cruise ship. They are pros at making fun, tropical drinks to enjoy in warm...
Fun At-Home Science Experiments
By Linda Ditch on March 11, 2019
Science fun doesn't just have to happen at school. I was a Montessori preschool teacher for a number of years. My last position was at Discovery School Montessori Preschool in Topeka. During the...
A twist on an Irish dish
By Linda Ditch on March 11, 2019
Isn’t funny how we all become a bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day even if our ancestors originated nowhere near the Emerald Isle? Most of us see it as a day for food, drink and revelry, but the Irish...
Cast Iron Skillet Dips
By Linda Ditch on January 18, 2019
When we reach the gray, cold days of winter, this is my favorite time to invite friends and family over for food and fun. The NFL playoffs and college basketball season are two terrific excuses to...
The Story of Peanut Butter
By Linda Ditch on November 12, 2018
November is National Peanut Butter Lovers Month. Are you a fan? If your kids are, research shows they will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before they graduate high school. In fact,...
Preserving the Harvest by Canning and Pickling
By Linda Ditch on October 4, 2018
With the arrival of autumn, I’ve got my eye on the weather looking for the first frost of the season. My garden was sad during this very hot and dry summer, but it perked up once the rain returned,...
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