
Notes from the Potager: Peas, Basil, and Pasta Primavera
I would love my kitchen garden to be a true French potager. A pleasing and productive assortment of herbs, vegetables […]
Creativity in the kitchen and beyond
I would love my kitchen garden to be a true French potager. A pleasing and productive assortment of herbs, vegetables […]
Harvested garlic scapes are good keepers. They come into the garden all at once and must be cut so that […]
Abundance leads to ingenuity in the kitchen. Last fall, we planted several varieties of garlic en masse: Red Chesnok, Extra […]
It’s all in how you slice it. Texture plays a tremendous role in food so I play with slicing and […]
There’s nothing like spinach to lighten up lasagna or lox to brighten its taste. I layered fresh spinach pasta with […]
Caught: cooking eggplant in winter. After winters of eating mostly local ingredients, which turned out to be not just possible […]
This is one of the reasons we’ll be on a clear soup diet by New Year’s. This rich and homey dish […]
That title sounds like an oxymoron. The dish actually turned out to be a calculated and highly successful experiment. I’m […]
Call this wheat on wheat. Comfort food after days in the yard and basement, still cleaning up after the recent […]
A rainy cold front swept through and left a yen for fall comfort food. In the moment, I made flavorful […]
The raw and the cooked. Delicious, complexly flavored pasta with kale and stewed red onions served atop a raw kale […]
Managing the abundance of greens from a CSA or an overflowing garden can be a challenge. Your own garden gives […]
I was like one of my kids separating stew on his dinner plate into identifiable parts. A two-pound bag of […]
During winter months, I have a routine for getting supper on the table quickly after a long day. As soon […]
The weather turned reliably warm and my chard bolted. I don’t mean, found the door and vamoosed. I mean, developed […]
The sweet spinach of spring heralds a growing season of bountiful greens. It is the time of year when the […]