nectarine preserves, peach tequila jam, and two end of summer salads

September 23, 2012
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Inspirations for new flavor combinations come in many forms and from many sources. The Washington State Fruit Producers kindly sent me a gorgeous box of their fruits to play with – prune plums, nectarines and peaches – and declared me a Canbassador. (I’ll admit, I was hoping for a fancy hat or some sort of [...]

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aubergine is just a fancy name for eggplant

September 11, 2012
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Really, isn’t aubergine a great word? It’s sexy. Much hotter than eggplant, which just sounds like a bad idea. When you offer your family aubergine with buttermilk dressing, za’atar and pomegranate (from the fantastic cookbook, Plenty) you will be a superstar. Ask if they want eggplant for dinner, and the reception might not be so [...]

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make your own kombucha

August 30, 2012
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I am spending the week at the beach and in my absence, my most wonderful new kitchen assistant, Ally Kirkpatrick, is here guest blogging. Today, learn to make kombucha. It’s a wonderful drink, fresh tasting and healthful. And totally easy to make yourself. Follow @Ally_T_K on Twitter and visit The Green Cabin Year. Kombucha is [...]

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habanero, apricot and honey jelly with cheese, please

August 27, 2012
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It’s a spectacular year for chiles of all sorts. The markets have everything from sweet Italian peppers, perfect for salsa or pickle relish, to jalapenos, serranos, and incendiary Thai bird chiles. I’ve made a few batches of hot sauce, using this brilliant Sriracha-style recipe from Food52. I use cherry bombs to make Sriracha, easier to [...]

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Pasta Making with Domenica Marchetti

August 17, 2012
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Domenica Marchetti is a multi talented woman – eloquent writer, glorious cook and Italian recipe interpreter and developer. If that wasn’t enough, her Glorious Pasta (a glorious book!) has just been selected by the editors of Cooking Light Magazine as one of the best single-subject cookbooks of the last 25 years . And she’s coming [...]

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Splendid Table

August 11, 2012

Just a quick post to let you know you can find me on The Splendid Table this weekend. Lovely Lynne Rosetto Kasper interviewed me and made me feel so comfortable. Here’s the link. The interview with me starts around minute 27, but don’t miss Lynne’s reminiscences of Julia Child, David Leite on Nutella and Ted [...]

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okra in a flash

August 6, 2012
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If you’ve been following along, you know that I’ve been hopping around on one foot for a few days. Today, I got the cast off, the stitches out, and a walking boot, making me a two-footed cook. But I still can’t stand up for long periods – more like twenty to thirty minutes at a [...]

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one-footed-ness

August 1, 2012
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I’ve had a little ankle surgery. Just a small arthroscopy. Cleaning out the gutters, according to the doctor. To get ready, I made one of my favorite freezer-friendly meals. It’s vegetarian, sort of a pain to make, but worth the effort. When I posted the recipe on Food52, I called it Swearing Like a Sailor [...]

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putting green beans up for winter

July 25, 2012
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The green beans look beautiful this year. So do the purple beans. And the yellow ones. I can’t seem to leave the market without several pounds. But that’s okay. I love dilly beans and that is the best way to put beans in jars, as far as I’m concerned. But I also adore crisp, fresh [...]

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