Category: Kitchen Hive
Every Tuesday morning there’s something new—food, libations and sometimes a story. From cool cocktails, to rustic desserts to easy seafood—the search through old and new community cookbooks and the old classic standbys that sit in tatters on our kitchen shelves. Enjoy!
CREAMY PASTA WITH GREENS
CREAMY PASTA WITH GREENS Cold weather greens, turnip greens, collards, and mustard greens, are showing up in the market stands down our way. Cleaned and chopped and seasoned and cooked a good long w... Read More
CRAB COCKTAIL BITES
CRAB COCKTAIL BITES Early fall, and the last of the fresh summer crab. But there’s one more gathering for cocktails on the screen porch—and these delicious little bits of fresh crab will k... Read More
MINESTRONE SOUP
MINESTRONE SOUP This is one of those soups that go together quickly, but taste like they’ve been simmering all day. It’s great all year, but at the end of summer it welcomes what the garden has ... Read More
PLUM UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
PLUM UPSIDE DOWN CAKE We’re spoiled for choice here for local fresh fruit in these late summer weeks. Figs, peaches, apricots—and plums. An upside down cake has to be the most versatile de... Read More
GREEN TOMATO LILY PICKLE
GREEN TOMATO LILY PICKLE Green tomatoes come up from the garden by the bucket-full down our way, this time of the year. Fried, sautéed, pickled, ripened slowly in brown paper bags, or made into swe... Read More
WATERMELON AGUA FRESCA
WATERMELON AGUA FRESCA Down our way, watermelons are still everywhere this late summer. And those sweet little seedless ones are perfect for cool watermelon drinks on lingering warm days. Agua f... Read More
DEVILED CLAMS
DEVILED CLAMS Holiday weekend approaching. Always great to have something ready to go and carry out to the screen porch—to get the festivities rolling. Deviled clams, made ahead, set up in t... Read More
SWEET CHERRY FOOL
SWEET CHERRY FOOL Every once in a while, black, sweet cherries appear, as if by magic, in the market. Who can resist? Eat them by the handful, eat them for breakfast—and if there are any lef... Read More