If you like sweet and salty mixed with slightly charred and smoky, this meal is for you. The flavors in this simple, grilled combination make for a delicious summertime meal. It’s perfect for a gathering of friends because it’s easy to prepare and you can put just about anything you want on your skewers. [...]
I know it’s silly, but I get excited about the first asparagus harvest of the season. Last week, I slipped away from Inverbrook Farm’s CSA stand with two beautiful bunches. I couldn’t wait to take home and cook up my coveted bundle. You know how it goes: Initially, when you see the first stalks [...]
This time every year it’s the same: a wild profusion of bright, yellow dandelions (Taraxacum officianale) poke their way through the grass. I have never cared if this plentiful perennial dotted my yard. Like The Dandelion King, I let dandelions grow with abandon. They, like the little purple violets growing alongside them, wake up my spring [...]
Last week I stopped in at my local winter farmers’ market in Kennett Sq,. Pa., and picked up a half-pound bag of fresh spinach, and stuffed another bag with as much arugula as possible. You know how I love just-plucked arugula. That first pungent smell of the season filled my kitchen and cured a little [...]
Sometimes you just need easy. I spent a lot of time last night on a recipe that wasn’t easy. And, wasn’t good. So this weekend it’s all about easy. And delicious. I’ll begin my afternoon with a glass of hot cocoa: A squirt of Robin’s organic chocolate sauce and warmed milk. Easy. Then I’ll make [...]
Sunday mornings are pancake mornings at my house, and almost every week we whip up Carolyn’s oatmeal pancake recipe. Carolyn is my good buddy who lives in California. I sure do miss her. But I think about her every Sunday morning as we cook and plan our day over a pancake breakfast. Carolyn sent me the [...]
