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 …
Tag: food
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 …
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.
Garden glory.
If you have a garden, you know that it yields hair-pulling and frustration, pride and wonder in equal measure—often, all in the same growing season. So I hope you’ll excuse a little bit of the latter …
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.
Join me for a local food event.
Join me and the community of neighbors, gardeners and volunteers from Gabriel’s Place in a celebration of seasonal food on Saturday, May 19.
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 …
