Every summer I buy green tomatoes. Every summer I say I’m going to deep fry them. Every summer I get randomly intimidated by the idea, and I don’t.
This summer, I finally did.
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I’ve been a nut for citrus lately. A nut! But, I overbought oranges and found myself desperately looking for ways to use them before they went bad.
We also had the world’s smallest and weirdest amount of grapefruit juice in the fridge. Seriously, like 2 tablespoons.
So I decided to play with citrus, and that made me think of some lovely warming flavors – which led me to the spice drawer. Continue reading
Hello January, you old so and so. Grey skies that vacillate between snow and rain, ice, sleet, and hail. We know what your game is.
But guess what we have to fight against you? Soup. Delicious, simple, and comforting soup. Continue reading
I love recipes where I get to write, “the hardest part of this process is finding a place to put the second cookie sheet.”
And that’s the case here. Hello, easy-to-make homemade bagels!
However, this recipe was a little odd, because I had help from my paternal grandmother – who passed away in 1998. Continue reading
In my neck of the woods, we have an annual celebration of all things maple in the spring. It’s called the Maple Festival, and as I walked the parade route with friends admiring horses, I smelled the maple sap boiling. Continue reading
In summer there’s nothing more decadent than having a plethora of herbs to play with. In the winter, a bunch of oregano costs $2.00 for an anemic bunch of straggly little greens. In the summer, you can purchase a bunch of oregano the size of your head for $1.50.
What’s not to love about that? Continue reading
Depending on where you live – man-oh-man – it’s been hot over the last week. I’m not ready for 90-plus degree days and humidity that makes the cats nap in the cool bathtub.
So the other day when I was craving pasta salad and realized that I didn’t have anything but lasagna noodles, I was irked. Who has two thumbs, A/C, and didn’t feel like walking several blocks to buy shells or elbow pasta? This woman. Continue reading