A Celebration of Spring
This week I have the honor and the pleasure of hosting Presto Pasta Nights #266, a weekly foodblog event organized by Ruth of Once Upon A Feast. This is my […]
A Spring Troika — Part 3
Spring in New York is marked by an abundance of dark leafy greens at farmers’ markets here in the City. Vegetables such as spinach, tatsoi, kale, chickweed, dandelion greens and […]
Eat Your Vegetables
When I was growing up, I hated vegetables with a passion, or for that matter, anything that was garlicky, spicy or remotely unfamiliar. Fast forward thirty years and it’s like […]
An Updated Classic
The taste of early spring spinach often reminds me of the description of rapunzel in the fairy tale of the same name. Tender leaves of a fantastically GREEN vegetable that […]
Salad for Dinner
Sometimes “rabbit food” is what you want for dinner. *wink* Spring lettuce salad with salt-and-vinegar Roseval potato chips, roasted shallots, hard-cooked farm egg and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Poached Wild Striped Bass, Tarragon Butter Sauce and Spring Vegetables
You’d think that someone who’s had lots of experience poaching […]
Tuesday Snapshot
“Chicken and parsnips” — Roasted parsnips, green garlic, capers and chicken skin “chips” (essentially deep-fried chicken skin seasoned with salt and pepper), lightly dressed with lemon juice
A Greenmarket Dinner
Credit for tonight’s dinner goes to Homer of Homer’s World. Homer doesn’t know it but when I started regular foodblogging in 2008, I decided to really become attuned to what […]
From Market to Table
Sometimes, there’s nothing more satisfying than roast chicken. So simple, and so delicious. Roast poussin, spring vegetables, Chardonnay jus Sliced strawberries macerated with sugar, mint and fresh squeezed orange juice […]
