Baked White Fish with Spinach, Leeks and Mushrooms
In early spring, the leeks and spinach from the farmers market are unbelievably sweet and delicious. The spinach has none […]
Marinated Snowcap Beans for a Salad or Appetizer
Those big oval creamy lupini beans from the so-called olive bar at grocery stores are deliciously addictive eaten as part […]
Apricot Almond Cake
Simple cakes that can be eaten as is with seasonal fruit are very appealing to a person who has no […]
Asparagus, Leek and Mushroom Lasagna
Early local spring vegetables baked with lasagna noodles epitomize the season with light, bright flavors in a warm, comforting dish […]
Pile o’ Pancakes, the Ricotta Version
A pancake breakfast is a family tradition that we’ve always followed on weekends and holidays, whenever we’re not all scattering […]
Easter Egg Hunt: Quest of the Holy Quail
We have an annual Easter egg hunt at our house, for those who are actually children and the virtual child […]
Dark Days 20 Breakfast Challenge: Indian Pudding
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For […]
Waste Not Want Not: Cheese Rinds and a Celery Soup
The garden’s getting drenched with rain today, thankfully, so I stayed inside and made soup. Lovely celery and leek soup […]
Meyer Lemon Marmalade with Tarragon
This marmalade bridges winter and spring by combining the last citrus with the first fresh herbs. Meyer lemons are sweeter […]
How to Eat Your Lawn: A Salad of Bittercress and Violets
I don’t weed my lawn. I eat it. One of the earliest food crops in my yard is bittercress, a […]
Braised Pork Loin with Sweet Peppers
I am a lousy meat cook. First of all, I’m not much of a meat-eater so it’s hard to get […]
Dark Days 19: Waterzooi of Chicken
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For […]
Waste Not Want Not: Yellow Split Pea Soup with Corned Beef Stock
The spicy and aromatic stock left over from cooking homemade corned beef brisket was simply too good to pour down […]
Dark Days 18: Oxtail Stock and Borscht
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For […]
Rosemary Pine Nut Cookies
A Table in the Tarn, written by Orlando Murrin, is the story of two guys who left London to take […]
Fresh Horseradish
We will probably regret having planted the horseradish but in the meanwhile, we enjoying delicious homemade sauce. Well, they were […]
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