Watermelon Salad + More This pretty salad was everywhere a few years ago—time for a revival. Not much to it, really. Melon, cheese, citrus, and oh yes, some very distinctive mint. Herein lies a stor...Read More
Not Your Mama’s Deviled Eggs Labor Day picnic time. You really want to do the easy plate this year—not the 10-step potato salad or the 18-hour baked beans. So raise your hand and say you’ll do t...Read More
The Queen of Hearts Made Some Tarts…. …and she’d never baked a thing before in her life So you’re stuck in the beach cottage for the third day of rain. The kids have you game-boarded to tears....Read More
Peach Chutney Major Grey makes great chutney. But with about 15 minutes effort, you can make this fresh home-made chutney in the microwave. The recipe works fine for many seasonal fruits—apricots, p...Read More
Chicken Salad—that summer staple Down our way, everybody makes the best chicken salad! It’s that wonderful go-to that no one ever turns down. Just the way Italian boys grow up comparing every red ...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 mad...Read More
Summer Shrimp Supper Not much that words can add to this picture. The ultimate one-ingredient hot summer night supper. Maybe some cocktail sauce? Horseradish, catsup and a splash of hot sauce might be...Read More
Refrigerator Pickles Half bushels of those little pickling cucumbers used to be easy to come by. But for this fast, easy summer condiment, those long thin English/Persian cucumbers work just fine. Dou...Read More
Sistah’s Corn Pudding Down our way, we all call someone Sistah. And most Sistah’s do a corn pudding. Sometimes it even gets to be an adversarial pursuit. It’s what to do with last night’s left...Read More
Summer Time Party Drinks The Hive got the message you’d like to see some drinks on the blog. Here goes. Your summer time party gets a little easier if you have a few drinks already organized. And if...Read More