Roasted Pepper Salad on Garlic Crostini Imagine our surprise – we’re grandmothers! Well, not quite yet, but it’s only a matter of time. The days are long and the years are short, after all. Our grandmothers taught us to Read on!
When I was in high school, there was a class called “Home Ec.” This might seem charming and antiquated, but wait til you hear the rest of it. Home Ec was just for girls. There was another class, a class Read on!
Oven Roasted Ratatouille 1 medium eggplant, cut into 2″ chunks 1 small handful cherry tomatoes 2-3 small sweet or med-hot peppers, cut into 1″ pieces 6 cloves garlic, unpeeled olive oil salt & pepper 6 sprigs thyme Preheat oven to Read on!
Food just tastes better outdoors. Breathing fresh air, drunk on sunshine and a slight breeze . . . I love a picnic. An al fresco repast can be as simple as cheese, bread & charcuterie, but if I can find Read on!
Farming runs in Katie Kraemer and David Pitre’s blood. Katie’s father was a citrus farmer in California, and she says now, “I used to be so proud to write ‘farmer’ for my parents’ occupation when I had to fill out Read on!
I love junk food. Handmade junk food, that is. On Saturday nights, my mom used to make us popcorn balls with Steen’s syrup or homemade potato chips, fried crisp and puffy in a big iron pot. Junk food didn’t start Read on!
Some of the world’s most delicious culinary inventions were born of necessity. Too much, too little, too fresh, too hard to transport? Taste nirvana. Bacon, smoked salmon, duck confit, wine, whiskey, cheese, hominy, sauerkraut . . . all of these Read on!
Some of the world’s most delicious culinary inventions were born of necessity. Too much, too little, too fresh, too hard to transport? Taste nirvana. Bacon, smoked salmon, duck confit, wine, whiskey, cheese, hominy, sauerkraut . . . all of these Read on!
By Elizabeth Winslow “Change the station!” When my children are in the car, starving to death after school, the radio can be torture . . . “three all-beef patties sizzling on a fresh-baked, cheese and bacon-stuffed bun . . . Read on!