Fava Beans and Cookbook Winner(s)
From the bag into the pot! No washing, no shelling, no nothin'! I just realized that last week I posted basically the same recipe I had posted a year earlier (even using the same photo!!!!) and that my...
View ArticleArtichokes
What was left of five artichokes the three of us had for dinner last night. There were two things I remember eating in great quantity as a child (actually I’m sure there were many more than two)...
View ArticleSummer (Cherries, Green Couscous, Garlic Scapes)
Dessert in a tree. My four-year-old son Ellis and I spent a night at my mother’s place last week. She lives in the middle of nowhere and has neighbors with cherry trees and fruit picking ladders....
View ArticlePerfect Green Beans
Green beans (Kentucky Blue) from my garden. I have a small garden with only a few places with really good, sunny exposure. I sow green pole beans every spring in one of those sunny places and every...
View ArticleApple Cider Syrup
Apple cider cooked down to a syrup. Spectacular in salad dressings, cocktails, etc. I have a few aces in my cooking repertoire, not that many, but a few. And this one is probably at the top of the...
View ArticleSalad
From top left: beet, orange and radicchio salad; roasted squash, black bean, avocado and cilantro salad; raw collards with pickled apples and toasted walnuts; and mixed salad with chopped egg. I got to...
View ArticleCleaning out the Freezer & Cornbread
We ate the last quart of frozen berries about six weeks ago and freezer pickings are starting to get a bit slim, as they should be. I am equally as keen on filling that freezer in summer and fall as am...
View ArticleWhen Time is Short – Chickpea Avocado Salad Sandwich
Cooked chickpeas are mashed together with avocado, cilantro, green onion and lots of lemon juice. Eat by the spoonful, on/between toasted bread, in a tortilla, as a dip. . . .you get the point. It’s...
View ArticleWhy Not? Add a Spoonful . . .
Brothy Pinto Beans with Harissa and Parsley of Harissa to my plain bowl of brothy beans for lunch? Why not do the same a few days later with chickpeas and top them with garlicky sautéed mustard greens...
View ArticleQuince, Squash, Beans – Simple Fall Pleasures (& a New Class)
When you cook and adapt and create recipes every day it’s easy to get swept up in the many variations and tricks that are certainly fun but not always necessary. And a few of the teaching projects...
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