I live in a small town on Cape Cod. We can be accused of being a little provincial, averse to going beyond the border of our simple, safe world. And there is some truth to that. The majority of us are well-educated and well-traveled. We go over the bridge, no problem. We often just choose to remain local for the most part. Cape Cod is awesome. Then Maison Villatte opened up here in Falmouth. We no longer need to leave our town now - great coffee, natural beauty, awesom

Garlic may seem like an odd goal. Or set of goals. It's both for me - in many layers. I learned so much about cooking using garlic as a base - in college, in Italy, in my first home and each one since. I used it as the theme for my first Toastmaster's speech. I use it to embrace life - the cycle of planting, growing, weeding, scapes, harvesting, curing and the highlight - a garlic festival - gives me a way to think, to share, to live. Now I have set a new goal. To publi