Thursday, August 16, 2012
The complete recipe for this bread is now up here. Savory to Sweet, Dark, and Delicious Anyone with a garden fully appreciates the squash crop that just keeps on coming. Summer’s most prolific vegetable, zucchini’s abundance continues well into autumn and brings with it many opportunities for creative cookery. Beyond basic grilled squash and its use in a sandwiches or Italian…
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Blackberry, Orange, and Fennel Salad with Pan-Seared Trout An inadvertent blueberry-slash-blackberry theme has developed this week, first with whole wheat blueberry pancakes and then a quinoa and herb salad with blueberries (and one with blackberries). What can I say? It’s summer in New England and I take advantage of seasonal, local produce as much as possible when flavors sing and beautiful colors beckon. If you’ve…
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
I hope you had a chance to read yesterday’s post featuring my quinoa and herb salad with blueberries, Marcona almonds, and lemon vinaigrette. That salad is glorious, and I hope you try it out soon. It’s a good thing I and my husband loved that salad as much as we did, for I had made way too much quinoa than is reasonable for…
Monday, August 13, 2012
Blueberries: Beyond Pancakes I couldn’t resist posting my recipe for blueberry pancakes over the weekend: who doesn’t love pancakes, after all? Despite that and other sweet posts, it’s amazing that no matter how many times I tell people I’m a moderate they still fear eating in front of me. Sigh. I guess in part that’s because I do have a…
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Although that would also be an apt description. This recipe takes an American and Dutch favorite and kicks up the nutrition and flavors by making a few simple substitutions and including whole grains and other fiber-rich ingredients. Add blueberries and top with more blueberries and blackberries and—voilà!—your weekend brunch just got that much better for you. My original post about…
Friday, August 10, 2012
Back to Corn with a Bam See what happens when you don’t write for a few days? Not only do I get antsy and miss communicating with all of you, but my stats plummet as no one reads my blog. Sigh. Pesky day job keeps getting in the way of my dreams, which is to share my love of cooking…
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Love grilled corn? Me too! But then maybe you should skip this and its crappy pics from years ago and pop right on over to see my recipes for Mexican Street Corn with Cotija and Garlic Aioli and Spanish Tapas with Sriracha Butter to see my favorite recipes for grilled corn. Sublime. Nothing Says Summer Like Corn-on-the-Cob It was about…
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Looking for the perfect libation for a sultry summer evening? Whether or not served with traditional Spanish tapas, sangria is a light summertime drink that takes advantage of farmers’ market flora. Made with either white or red wine, it celebrates fruit in a way that few other alcoholic drinks do. While I generally prefer red wine sangria to white wine,…
Friday, August 3, 2012
Know Who Julia Child Is? Today I’m joining the millions of people celebrating Julia Child’s 100th birthday this month. If you’re not a food geek like me and some of my readers and/or don’t live in the US, you might not know that Julia Child is one of America’s beloved – and first – food television stars. She brought French…
Monday, July 30, 2012
This is my first-ever reposting of a piece I wrote previously, as it was really early on and most of my readers will not have seen it. Plus, in linking back to it this past weekend I took the opportunity to add some lovely photos to further assist you. Now that tomato season has officially arrived here in New England,…
