Capturing the Tomato Season

The entire month of August did not disappoint and September looks even better.   The tables at the Down to Earth Market Rye Farmers Market are bursting with so many gorgeous things it’s all I can do to hold back and not buy the whole lot.   In particular the last couple of weeks the tomatoes have been just…

Heralding Spring With A Tasty Celery-Potato Soup

Spring has finally sprung! The air is warm, raindrops abound on my windows, Passover and Easter are upon us and color is back in my world!  It might sound funny but I have always felt like living through the first few months of the year is like living in a black and white movie.  The…

Kabocha Squash Soup and Apple Butter

Fall is probably my most favorite time of year. The air is crisp in the morning, the leaves are changing and turning the most stellar colors of the rainbow, and yet, we still have things living and green in-between.  Vegetables start transitioning as well.  Winter squashes, and apples arrive alongside peppers, eggplant and leafy greens…

Ramps: A Sign that Spring is Finally Here!

I think this must have been the longest running Winter on record.  Just when we thought it was over another storm dumped snow on us.  I am relieved to say that is all behind us now and Spring is finally here.   My first indication was the appearance of fiddlehead ferns at the farmers market and specialty…

Five Ingredients for an Easy Snowstorm Dinner

It’s the beginning of Spring and what hopes to be the last big snowstorm blowing through the Northeast. I’m not sure how anyone else feels, but I am pretty much over it. Winter isn’t my favorite time of year, but I can get on board. Snow in March? Not so much. Yesterday was a off…

Colcannon Soup

It has been too long for me to approach this blog. My work has kept me very busy. I do manage to post on Instagram and Facebook but to sit and write is challenging with my lack of free time these days. However, with St. Patrick’s Day fast approaching I knew this was my opportunity to…

Blue Hubbard Squash – Thanksgiving Pie with a Twist

My most favorite thing to do is take a traditional dish and rework the ingredients. Giving the dish a twist if you will. That is usually an easy task for me when it comes to anything that is sautéed, poached or roasted. Baking? Now that is whole different ball game. I am very honest about…

Easy Dinner Ideas

Summer is slipping away. The last week of August proved to be a very busy one for me. I’m not sure how that even happened, but it was a non-stop ride right up through Friday night. All of a sudden it’s Labor Day weekend and I needed an easy dinner idea. We had plans with…

Tomatoes of Summer

Tomatoes are everywhere now. Stunning, juicy orbs in a rainbow of colors shapes and sizes. Pick one up and inhale the amazing fragrance. It makes you feel like you are far away, lying in a field of fresh cut grass with the sun beating down on you. Now take a bite. A burst of sweet…

Summer Polenta Tart

Sometimes the universe aligns itself and sends me a clear message about what to make for dinner. That happened in the last couple of days. This week when I popped up to Hilltop Hanover Farm to get my CSA I noticed they had a new batch of  Wild Hive Farm polenta on the table. Their…