Swordfish and Tomato Stew on Crispy Potatoes
A little goes a long way in this stew. Vaguely Sicilian, it uses swordfish chunks, trimmings that our local fishmonger […]
Peach, Plum and Raspberry Crisp
Grunts, slumps, buckles and fools are among the sweet wonders of my student life in New England. Back home, we […]
Pickling Green Tomatoes and Tomatillos
Our garden became a little shop of horrors. Indeterminate heirloom cherry tomato vines run rampant, twining around each other, pulling […]
Preserving Tarragon in Vinegar
At the end of the summer, I start preserving herbs in quantity. A couple of years ago, I wrote a […]
Pickled Mexican Sour Gherkins
I had no idea what these were when I saw them in a bowl at the market. Speckled, green and […]
Salade Niçoise with Fresh Tuna
Composed salads can be elegant or simply a mish-mash. For this classic Salade Niçoise, a salad typical of the city […]
Nectarine Jam: Summer Simplicity
This is as close to summer in a jar as it gets. The rosy-skinned nectarines from our local orchard have […]
Cook the Book: Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones
A cooking challenge organized by Meg of Grow and Resist and Briggs of Oh Briggsy in which we explore a […]
Foraging: Pickled Purslane
One of the advantages of an organic farm is that the edible weeds are well raised. Purslane – a relative […]
Green Bean Salad with Tomatoes, Feta and Dill
No meal is complete for me without something raw. Seriously. Fruit for breakfast, green salad for lunch, and a salad […]
Summer Tomato and Basil Soup
Summer’s high season showcases the tomato. Lush and flavorful, tomatoes hardly need any embellishment. We mostly just enjoy them sprinkled […]
Brandied Apricots
There’s Christmas in July or August in the southern hemisphere. Feasts that replicate our December fare in the land of […]
Summer Corn, Squash and Pepper Pie
This is such an August treat. Fresh sweet corn combined with cubes of summer squash and colorful peppers, and baked […]
Last Chance Jams: Apricot Sour Cherry Jam and Apricot Red Currant Jam
Local apricots have a fleeting presence where I live. Some people are surprised they’re grown here at all. That’s why, […]
Rhubarb Vanilla Preserves
The last stalks of organic rhubarb in the farm market will not go begging this year. They were reduced to […]
Cook the Book: Gran Cocina Latina, The Food of Latin America
A cooking challenge organized by Meg of Grow and Resist and Briggs of Oh Briggsy in which we explore a […]
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