The tomatillo, also known as the Mexican Husk Tomato, originated in Mexico and was cultivated long before Columbus sailed his ships, Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria, into the new world. Most of the tamatillos purchased from the grocery are green with an outer paper-like husk.  When this husk is removed it strongly resembles our familiar green…

My fingers have been itching to touch the keys of my computer all day!  Here it is, after 7 pm, and at last, I’m finally, able to scratch that itch. Corinne and I just returned home from a trip to Connecticut to visit her father, who recently had to move into a nursing home.   Usually, this…