What’s for Dinner

Sunday Roast Chicken Dinner

November 2, 2009

We’re still cleaning up around here. The house has been in a complete uproar since the basement was drywalled. Today, with the clocks falling back, rain steadily falling, and no need to go anywhere, we took on the clean up. First we had breakfast to fortify us. Buttermilk pancakes and Sauteed Spiced Apples. Served up [...]

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Dinner in a Hurry

October 27, 2009

It’s been busy around the house the last few days. We finally had the basement drywalled and painted, after ten years of talking about it, and everything that was stuffed in that hideous, dark, dusty room is now spread throughout the house and garage. It’s going to take the rest of the week to get [...]

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Four Ducks, Three Days and One Recipe (Charcuterie Part One)

October 21, 2009

Perhaps I’m late to the table on this one, but in the last month, I’ve been pondering meat consumption in America. Dependence on choice cuts of meat for our dinner table, with a casual disregard for the rest of the animal, has proven to be totally irresponsible. I switched to the farmers market and grass [...]

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Meet the Farmer: Bending Bridge Farm

October 7, 2009

It’s a beautiful fall day, and I am heading north to Mercersburg, PA and Bending Bridge Farm. I’ve been buying gorgeous produce from Farmer Audrey Fisher all summer. This visit is what I hope will be the first in a series about the farmers supplying all the lovely, local, sustainable, seasonal foods in my kitchen [...]

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All Day Eggplant Parmesian

September 14, 2009

Got together with two girlfriends Friday night. We each talked about our lives as we hadn’t gathered in awhile, but when I said “I spent the entire day making eggplant parmesian,” they both laughed like crazy. How could it take an entire day to make eggplant parm? Rather than defend myself at the time (wine [...]

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Larb – Horrid name, delicious treat

August 26, 2009

I clipped this recipe out of the New York Times sometime in the last few months and thought it would be a tasty appetizer at the beach. And it was! It’s quick and easy. Just serve with cucumber spears and lettuce cups, or if you’re not that fancy, just a few rounds of cucumber and [...]

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How a movie got in the way, and a new dinner was invented

August 15, 2009

Today started as most Saturday mornings do, with a trip to the small, charming farmers market in the neighborhood. I’ve shopped there every Saturday for years, and have developed a nice relationship with the vendors. I look forward to Betsy’s lambing season, the week Susan has currants and gooseberries (OMG, Amanda Hesser’s Currant/Goosberry tart from [...]

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Heirloom Beans

August 14, 2009

Recently, I started thinking about dried beans. I’ve been cooking black beans and white beans, alternately. I cook an entire pot full, then freeze two thirds (in two packages), as one pound of beans easily makes three meals for us, including lunch leftovers. Black beans inevitably become semi-re-fried with onion and garlic and Penzey’s very [...]

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