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
Southern Summer Peach Upside Down Cake We all know the great pineapple upside down cake—however, this southern twist has a personality all its own. Beautifully ripe southern peaches of course,...Read More
Limoncello Wrinkly southern Italian lemon skins soaked in pure alcohol, then mixed with sugar syrup—and there you have the second most popular drink in Italy. Some say it originated in Roman times...Read More
Goldie Hawn’s Tomato Sandwich Years ago Goldie Hawn described her favorite tomato sandwich to a pretty uptight, very neat looking talk show host. She was graphic and hilarious. This is one to be...Read More
CHEESE GOUGÈRES Happy the customer who’s enjoying a late afternoon glass of wine in a favorite café, when Madame comes out with a plate of gougères, still warm from the oven—and sets them on th...Read More
FLYING JACOB FLYGANDE JACOB in Swedish Couldn’t resist the name—and after reading what’s in it, couldn’t resist trying the recipe. The ingredients read like something your visiting bachelor Un...Read More
LEMON POSSET Medieval recipes, either sweet like this posset, or sweet and alcoholic like a syllabub, often hid under the mantle of ‘medicinal’, often starting with:—mylke ye cowe. This modern l...Read More
Fish Fingers Cooking fatigue—hard to avoid it after weeks of kitchen duty. What happens when you hit a day when nothing appeals—when all you really want is someone else to put dinner on your plate...Read More
Strawberry Cake with Sauce It’s getting to the end of strawberry season and you couldn’t resist those last two baskets at the farm market. Even when the berries are getting a little soft, this cak...Read More