2023 UPDATE: Pine nut harvesting can have a severe environmental impact. So, in this recipe, we replaced the original pine nuts with crushed pecans. Pecans are more sustainable and, bonus, they're cheaper. Nasturtiums are whimsically scattered across the sunny half of my new garden. (Details on...

The 1990s and early 2000s were not kind to the carnation. Maybe it’s all the unholy dye jobs, or their association with homecoming boutonnieres, or their street-corner ubiquity that turned the pedigreed Dianthus caryophyllus into a pop culture punchline. The plant was famously maligned on Sex...