Fall Fest Salad: Kale and Butternut Squash with Miso Dressing
For me, salads follow the seasons and the intervals within the seasons depending on the growth cycle. We might start […]
Yellow Tomato and Pepper Soup
While I typically cook with a balance of complementary colors, sometimes a uniform palette invokes the seasons, just so. I […]
October: Turning Yellow and Staying Crisp
When I used to live in a mountainous permafrost region of Wyoming during the summer, we arrived in June to […]
Apple and Tomato Sorbet
A failed jelly transforms into a happy sorbet. I had been attempting to make a tomato (aka love apple) jelly […]
Tomato Salad: Simplicity of the Season
I cook with color. I am as interested in balancing the colors and textures of food, as I am the […]
Okra: Steamed, Stewed, Frittered and Fried – Part 3
After the steamed and fried okra served as sides and the pancakes as a main course, we made gumbo. Three […]
Birds Fly South: Cowpeas and Collards
I am not remotely Southern but after eating okra and various gumbos over the past weeks, I can say that […]
Okra: Steamed, Stewed, Frittered and Fried – Part 2
On we go with a bonanza of okra harvested weekly from our CSA farm. Here we have fritters (or more […]
Okra: Steamed, Stewed, Frittered and Fried – Part 1
With okra in great supply over the past month, I have been making it in all kinds of ways, often […]
Potato, Zucchini and Red Pepper Gratin
When the humidity drops and the nights become cool, late summer gratins seem like the perfect transition to fall cuisine. […]
Corn and Tomato Canapes
These lovely little bites of creamed corn and miniature cherry tomatoes on puff pastry used up a little of this […]
Green Chard Tart
Chard is an easy and versatile green that finds its way into all kinds of dishes at our house. With […]
Asian-inspired Plum Sauce
I’m really happy with my first pass at a plum sauce: slightly sweet and sour, with a tang from the […]
Plum Jam with Tonka Bean
Call out the drupes! I was excited to see stone fruit as the topic of Tigress’s September Can Jam. Stone […]
Roasted Eggplant, Garlic and Red Pepper Soup
We have had beautiful red hard-necked garlic in our farmers markets this year, and I am contemplating trying once again […]
Zucchini Lemongrass Pancakes with Fresh Peach Salsa
Late summer suppers draw from the wonderful farm produce that still abounds. Since this is Labor Day weekend here in […]
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