If you’ve admired the patches of pink and white sweet peas along Highway 46 West, here’s how they got there and who to thank.

Sweet peas are one of those quintessentially English garden plants that abhor warm summers, ... deep purple and royal blue just as there are pastel and lilac and creamy white sweet peas.

As I prepare to host a backyard wedding for a third time, I am getting used to making my garden look impressive at odd times of the year. This time the challenge will be to get something blooming b… ...

In 1985, then-restaurant critic Ruth Reichl described Roberts as “L.A.’s most slyly humorous chef — there’s a little joke lurking somewhere in most of his food.” ...

Sweet peas became hugely popular in North America, both as garden plants and cut flowers. By the late 1800s, ... but unscented blossoms in white, rose, lavender or pink.

I grew up in a family where my mom didn’t work out of the home. She was a good country cook — actually, one of the last. I mean, she was up at 4 a.m. making her own bread, which she would turn ...