Smoked Fish Dip It’s been a very long time since the last visit to Zabars—and grabbing a coveted container of Home-made Smoked Whitefish Dip. Without the “secret spices” recipe, it might...Read More
Hummingbird Cake This popular, luxurious, two- or three-layer celebratory Southern cake often shows up at special parties, church suppers, and bake sales. It can appear swathed in fluffy cream cheese ...Read More
ENCHILADAS Hard not to love something as fast and easy as enchiladas, right? Whether working from scratch or using convenient pre-made products, as long as there’s cheese and sauce, there’s dinn...Read More
Zucchini Buttermilk Soup Neighbors still dropping off their extra zucchini? One more delicious cold summer soup is just about 20 minutes away. There’s the traditional Russian zucchini/buttermilk...Read More
Hawaiian Tortellini Salad Back in the late ‘50’s, when Hawaii was celebrating its new statehood, everything on the mainland was palm trees, tiki lanterns, plastic flower leis, ukuleles, grass skir...Read More
Pear, Prosciutto and Brie This started out to be one of those melty, toasty appetizers—but it was a hot July afternoon, too hot for the broiler—and I didn’t have anything for toast. And it was...Read More
Watermelon Punch in a Pitcher The best-looking watermelons at the farm stand are often gorgeous, heavy and huge. Get it home, slice some and pass it around—and you’ve still got a LOT of waterm...Read More
BLACKBERRY ICE CREAM Picking wild summer blackberries along trails in the woods was hot and sweaty. The berries were tiny but had an intense flavor—the downside? It took forever to fill a basket...Read More
Baked Scallops Fear the sear? To some of us, scallops have been a scary thing to cook—$16 worth of seafood and the recipe says, “Sear on both sides”, period. Granted, that technique take...Read More