Cooking with garlic scapes.
One of the many pleasures of growing your own garlic (see here for a how-to on growing garlic) is the arrival of garlic scapes. These are the little curlicue sprouts that shoot, almost overnight, from the …
Category: Dish
Free-form strawberry tart.
Some folks I know are intimidated by pie crust, thinking that it’s too difficult to handle and too easy to mess up. If you count yourself among them, then I have two suggestions: First, try my …
French picnic salad in a jar.
This beautiful layered salad in a jar is perfectly portable for a picnic or lunch at the office.
Salad of strawberries and fresh burrata cheese.
I recognize that I’m on a strawberry kick. It’s all part of the sensual pleasure of eating seasonally: Gobbling as much of the best fruit and vegetables—NOW!—while they’re at their delicious peak. Once June wanes, I’ll …
Strawberries with sugared cream.
Make this simple recipe for strawberries with sugared cream now while berries are in season; the cream is also wonderful on other fresh fruit like peaches or blueberries.
Strawberry right-side-up cake.
It’s strawberry season, folks, and around here we’re pretty much eating our weight in these glorious, scarlet beauties. So this recipe kicks off a series of strawberry-centric sides and desserts. When Rob sampled a taste of …
Better than store-bought: Homemade cheese-peanut butter crackers.
This recipe for homemade cheese-peanut butter crackers uses whole ingredients and is just as tasty as the store-bought kind.
Almond-oat-buttermilk scones.
These not-too-sweet almond-oat scones would be perfect (along with a bit of butter and jam) for Mother’s Day breakfast or brunch.
Lunchbox salad with chicken, carrot and fennel.
Those who know me best know that I appreciate need a good lunch. A rotten mid-day meal (which occasionally happens when I’m time-pressed and just grab whatever is convenient) can send me into a tailspin for …
