This is a blog about gardening, cooking and enjoying healthful foods that taste good too.
I am a gardener who loves to play with food, loves to think outside the box and am always wondering: “What if I …..”
Through Locust Grove Sunset Sensations (a unique wine & food sampling series) where I am a volunteer server, I meet many interesting chefs with unique and innovative ideas. These chefs use local products, seasonal vegetables and fruits to create delicious culinary dishes. I plan on visiting their establishments to see and sample more of their creative dishes and if I’m lucky, I might even get to chat with the chef behind the stove and get tips and recipes to share with visitors to my blog.
Please visit often and leave a comment.
Garden to Wok 
Dear Norma,
Your blog is wonderful!!! Keep them coming! Lots of great information! I wouldn’t have expected anything less!
Regards,
Ann Drohosky
Thanks Ann.
Norma – I enjoyed meeting you at Rhinebeck – wish I could have gotten away from my booth to see your demo. Thanks for posting my photo and info – I would love love to make you a link on my website. Your information was right on and the photo was super – I don’t look like my grandma, which I usually do these days 😉 Toni
Hello Toni,
I too enjoyed visiting with you, you were so gracious. Am glad my information was right on. Yes, please make me a link on your website.What do you need from me?
Thanks for visiting my own blog Norma – always a pleasure to have new visitors… infact I absoulutely love Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese food and try to cook in this style quite a bit – we have visited Hong Kong, Vietnam and also Penang and have loved the cuisine there especially the lack of dairy ingredients – such amazing flavours – ginger being a favorite… so will keep an eye on your blog! Nice to see something completely different to wildlife, gardening and birds!! Many thanks Miranda
Hello Miranda,
I enjoyed your blog and will be visiting again.
You are quite a traveller, I will be posting a tofu recipe using hoisin sauce on Friday that you might like.
Thanks you for stopping by and look forward to your future visits.
Good morning, Norma! I just wanted to say a quick hello and thank you for stopping by my blog. I just took a stroll through yours and I love it! So many interesting things. 🙂
Hello Glutenfreezen,
Thanks and thanks for visiting, please visit again.
Hi Norma
Myself and my wife seen your cooking demonstration at Adams in Fishkill. You offered great tips and other sage kitchen advice. We purchaced your books. They are a great resource and we are trying out new recipes. Cant wait for my Chinese son in law to return from China so i can wow him with my new knowledge. Thanks again
Tony & Lorelei
Hello Tony & Lorelei,
Glad you enjoyed my cooking demos and find my cookbooks useful. Can’t wait to hear about your Chinese son in law’s reaction when you make him Chinese meals. Hopefully I will see you on Wednesday, 2/29, same time same place.
Great blog Norma – glad I found you…thanks for all the tips. I too use ‘different’ vessels for seed starting.
Hello Jennifer,
You are welcome. Thanks for stopping by please drop by again.
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Hello I’m Growing Things,
Happy to learn that I helped, looking forward to reading about your garden’s progress.
hi Norma thank your for you tips and amazing energy
Hello Veronica,
You are welcome. Thanks for visiting.
Alleluia Norma — I am so impressed with the multi-talented friend like you, learning something every day! You could imagine how inadequate I felt as I didn*t even know what a blog is when you first mentioned to me. 🙂 Like everyone commented it it a gorgeous blog and I am going to learn even more from you here on. Thanks for nourishing others with your excitements. I am so happy to see you are leading such a fulfilled life. Very proud of you.
TLChu
Hello Theresa,
Thanks for the nice compliments. Not sure about multi-talented just trying to keep myself busy and hopefully out of trouble.
Hi Norma, Dick and I really enjoy working with you at LG on Thursday mornings. And thanks once again for the Car show pictures (especially his Corvette). Pat
Hello Pat,
I too enjoy our time together at LG on Thursday mornings. We have the nicest group of gardeners. It was fun covering the car show.
Great blog Norma! I love the title “Garden To Wok” I will visit your blog again for sure.
Hello Jen,
Welcome and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Looking forward to your visits.
Hello, Norma,
I was very glad to discover your blog over the weekend. Like you, I also live in Dutchess County (Hopewell Jct, specifically). As I am new to gardening, it is wonderful to have an expert such as you that live in the area and I know for sure that your blog will be able to help me get better with growing vegetables.
Nancy
Hello Nancy,
Thanks for visiting, glad to know of another local gardener. hopefully we will have the opportunity to me.
Hi Norma,
Have greatly enjoyed your 2 presentations at HVHM, but don’t have easy access to your contact info, so I’m using this. I have been so impressed with your knowledge, experience & energy!
A seniors group at my fellowship might be very interested in having you give us a presentation on marketing & cooking, especially for singles. Perhaps you can reply to my email address. Thank you. Carol Moran
Hello Carol,
Sent you an e-mail.
Thank you so much for the email today. I tried to reply and AOL doesn’t like my domain name apparently. 🙂 It was returned as “unacceptable content” by AOL. I wrote how grateful I was that you thought of me and I loved the concert program!
Hello Maureen,
You are very welcomed. Not sure what happened at AOL. You would have enjoyed the concert and bursting with pride, I picture you on your feet clapping away until your hands are swollen :).
Hi Norma, I wanted to let you know I started a web site for Food Bloggers, easy concept directly linking to your blog. When you have a minute please check out https://wegrazetogether.wordpress.com or you can thread through my main site https//clwiser.wordpress.com – “Participating Food Blogs” Post. We would loveeeeee to list your Blog as well. Best Regards from sunny Florida, Cheryl.
Hello Cheryl,
Thanks for sharing the web site will surely check it out.
Hello Norma, we’d be delighted to have you join us!
Enjoyed meeting your son in law and daughter on our flight from Bos to Sea. Your son in law shared your blog with me. I loved it and shared it with my mom who is also an avid gardener and cook.
Hello Martha,
Welcome. Glad you enjoyed my blog and thanks for sharing it with you Mom, I will let my son-in-law and daughter know. Looking forward to your future visits.
The peony flowers are beautiful! I should have visited your garden in the spring.
You are a master gardener,indeed!
Linda
Hello Linda,
Thanks. You are welcomed to visit my garden anytime.