Well, here in New England we are mostly all back online from the October snow storm that broke our trees into pieces. Friends and family have been keeping their frozen goods in coolers, heating water in beer brewing equipment, and cooking on gas grills for a week or more. On...
This recipe is really well balanced, both in flavor and in nutrition. I chose to buy uncooked shrimp so that they would not be tough in the finished dish. Feel free to use precooked, just be sure to add them at the last possible minute so that they heat through,...
If you are anything like me then you can’t refuse the bounty of apples overflowing the farmers markets at this time of year. Or better yet, you’ve gone picking and have an abundance of beautiful fruits to use. There are Cortlands and Empires, Macouns and McIntosh, Red Delicious and Ginger...
Autumn has arrived in New England. I personally lucked out in that I went away to Maine this past weekend and saw the leaves turn, then fall, and now I’m back home (a wee bit south) and get to see it all over again. This particular season is so wonderful:...
This recipe has a wonderful (and short) list of ingredients that just drew me in. I had to try it, although I couldn’t imagine just how it would taste. I mean- sweet dates, creamy lentils, and savory onion…? Really? But I did try it, and it was good. It was...
Not that anyone ever needs an alternative to pizza, but if you were looking to go about it in a very different way- this could be your answer. You use polenta to make the base, rather than a standard white flour crust and I thought it rather lovely. In fact,...
Between entertaining out of town guests, exercising my right to a social life, training for the next big race (we have our mile down to 9:28- yay!), and living life in general I have neglected my blog. For this I should be ashamed. But it is not for lack of...
The tart is somewhat of an archnemesis to me. It’s the dough, you see, it hates me. It has such simple ingredients: a little butter, a little sugar, some flour, salt, and egg- how could one screw this up, right? Well I could, and have, several times. This is where...
Eggplants are popping out in northeast CSA shares this week. And farmer’s markets are crawling with tomatoes. Thus this seems like the perfect dish to try this week. It can easily fly solo as a vegetarian main course, or be served as a hearty side to a simple sausage or...
It being high tomato season here in New England I could not pass up this beautiful bunch of heirloom cherry tomatoes. There were red ones and yellow ones and orange ones, and striped ones. Some round and some oblong. What a funky bunch! And don’t you know that there were...