French Fridays with Dorie Would you just look at these beautiful (but shunned) potatoes? Sometimes potatoes don’t get any respect. If you can believe it, these fantastic potatoes were actually dis-invited from my family’s Thanksgiving celebration! Just like that. How rude! I mean really! To invite potatoes to a dinner (a holiday dinner no less!) […]
Pickled Carrots and Asparagus with Tarragon
The Picklepalooza continues… I do like pickles, and really…why shouldn’t I. Its all perfectly natural, I mean, who wouldn’t like pickle? (If I may paraphrase Valerie Perrine only slightly.) Staring down (or up) on the same pickle day in and day out, however, is sure to trend toward the unexciting so after awhile it would […]
August 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
Rhubarb Pickles ’cause you gotta have ’em
This jar is already half-eaten. I am now fully addicted so I’m sure it will be empty as I finish this post. I didn’t know what I was going to do with these yet I was absolutely driven to make them after realizing there was more to pickles than cucumbers. My confusion seems like a […]
July 28, 2010 by 7 Comments
Pickled Asparagus – Get Spicy!
Often I start a project and then wonder what the heck I was thinking. Internet, meet Pickled Asparagus: I’m not much a fan of pickles, I don’t really like them. That makes Pickled Asparagus an unusual choice. It is true, however, that sometimes I just need a pickle. Who doesn’t? I don’t know. I don’t […]
July 26, 2010 by 7 Comments
A Couple of Summer Side Salads: Greek Cole Slaw & Carrot Papaya
Here are two very easy salads for the summer. Both made great side dishes when paired with the spicy grilled peanut chicken kebobs. I usually mix up the dressings for these types of things in a jar and just put the jar in the bowl until its time to mix and toss. (This also makes […]
June 9, 2010 by 3 Comments
Taking a CSA Break But Still Cooking Organic!
Yesterday was the last basket of my current CSA share commitment. 14 weeks since the first basket arrived! It was my intention to switch our ‘subscription’ to an every OTHER week program to reduce the pressure of using all the produce in one week, be a bit more pragmatic with the expense, and still carry […]
October 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Vegetable Tian: Anatomy of a Dinner Party: Buffet for 12
The Side Dishes: Vegetable Tian & Corn Pudding My blog vacation now comes to an end. “He just started! He took a vacation!?” My office sent me overseas for a bit. Who was I to say ‘no’? Upon my return my husband and I celebrated our first legal wedding anniversary with an out of town […]
October 8, 2009 by 3 Comments
Basil Cherry Tomatoes
I started life as someone who did not like tomatoes and ended up quite the fan. I eat at least a pint of cherry tomatoes a week, mostly in my lunch salads. They are so convenient and when I add them to the salad I take for lunch to work every day I know they […]
August 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
What Do I Do with All This *%&$#@ Zucchini?
Zucchini If it is summer, it is zucchini time. It wouldn’t really make a difference if I were in a CSA or not, when it is summer, there is a constant stream of zucchini coming into our house. It seems that everyone plants this in their summer gardens and everyone gets a bumper crop. […]
July 31, 2009 by 5 Comments
