Welcome to my recipe box! You will find a little bit of everything here, with a strong emphasis on the use of seasonal ingredients. Looking for a particular recipe or trying to determine what to make with a specific ingredient? The search icon is a great place to start. You may also click on the keywords noted below each recipe to find dishes within the same category, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, sides, etc. Have a question or suggestion? Feel free to reach out via the contact tab. I would love to hear from you and I hope you enjoy my creations. Bon Appétit!
Of the many elements of cooking I have most enjoyed learning about balance. The underlying element of any perfect dish, balance is what occurs when flavors are paired and contrasted against one-another, when textures combine to make your tongue dance and your taste buds tingle. Balance is achieved when every type of taste is attended to, the sensory scale of …
Vegetable Literacy, Deborah Madison’s latest offering, is so much more than a traditional cookbook. It is a literary dinner party, inviting us to join the seemingly different yet distinctly similar members of 12 families of the Plant Kingdom. This comprehensive look at the Plant Kingdom’s family tree is broken into 12 chapters, each one an introduction to the members of this family, their …
We were lost. I was sure of it. Up early and en route for our truffle hunting adventure, I had been assured by our guide that the trek from Rovinj to the small village of Vrh would take no more than an hour. We had GPS in our rental car so I was only a little worried about loosing our way. Blindly …
I remember when I was a little girl and I absolutely refused to eat the yolk of an egg. My Mom would always cook our eggs sunny-side-up, the yolk medium set. My little hands would cut around that yellow-orange mystery ball with incredible precision, being ever so cautious to ensure that the whisper-thin seal did not break, pouring over my silky-sheen egg …
I’m going to keep this post deliciously simple. After all, those two words – delicious and simple – perfectly embody this pure, enriching and flavorful marinara. Pantry staples blend seamlessly, creating the most wholesome of meals – pasta with tomato sauce. If you’ve been following along, even just a bit, you will know by now that for me everything in the …
Onion rings – the oft overlooked cousin of the French fry. A staple ‘substitute’ offering at many food establishments, this crunchy-sweet side-dish/appetizer/indulgent-snack deserves more credit than it receives. I mean here we have an onion. When left uncooked, they are pungent and tear-inducing, a pantry staple but not served raw save to garnish a sandwich. However when they are bathed …
Being entirely new to both the world of hiking and the world of ramps, I wasn’t sure what to expect when Z, Benton, Maggie and I set out on our mission to forage this fleeting wild onion. We packed a picnic of fresh veggies and farmers-market bread, grabbed a chilled bottle of white and set out to find the ramps …
Whenever I am experiencing ‘recipe block’ Z always comes up with the same suggestion: ‘make your tuna sandwich – it’s the best!’ As adorable as I find this sentiment (and as delicious as I find my tuna sandwich to be) it really is simply a tuna sandwich – a balanced blend of tuna, mayonnaise, kosher salt and freshly ground black …
This weekend we are ‘springing forward’ (don’t forget!), an annual signal that the end of winter is near and the luxury of spring and the blossoming of farm-fresh vegetables will soon be our reality. This promise of brighter, warmer days comes at a cost however, and we still have a few remaining dreary nights ahead of us. I find my …
Fried Mozzarella Bites: my one-hundred-and-second post. The milestone of one hundred posts nearly slipped past me and it honestly took me by surprise. I’ve written one hundred posts? No way! I knew I’d fallen hard for foodie-girl but it was slightly astounding to see a record of this time, love and effort laid out before me. It was a numerical …
