Tomato Cornbread
Dear Mother Nature, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and just assume you didn’t get the memo, or that no one told you yet. So I will officially tell you now: it’s spring!! The calendar …...
View ArticlePenne alla Puttanesca
As I’ve mentioned before, I am not the least bit Italian, nor did I grow up near any Italian-American enclaves, so true, traditional Italian food wasn’t really in the culinary repertoire when I was a...
View ArticleLettuce, Bacon and Cherry Tomato Salad with Aioli Dressing
Today is exciting because it’s my very first time participating in Surprise Recipe Swap! Basically food bloggers are assigned another food blog at random, and then we choose a recipe from that blog to...
View ArticleFried Green Tomatoes
Alright, I’m done posting rhubarb for a while, promise! Fried green tomatoes are seriously one of my faves. It’s probably a good thing that I don’t see green tomatoes in the grocery store all that...
View ArticleTomato Scallion Short Cakes with Whipped Goat Cheese
When it comes to short cakes, why do sweets get to have all the fun? Well, they shouldn’t. And now they don’t. Holy field cows, were these ever freakin’ amazing. I whipped them up as an appetizer – and...
View ArticleNo-Cook Tomato-Basil Pasta Sauce
Yesterday I featured a recipe using blueberries (candy from the produce aisle, right?) so today let’s talk about cherry tomatoes. I love cherry tomatoes in the summertime; I tend to stay away from them...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Salad with Anchovy Vinaigrette
I’m not sure I’ve completely figured out heirloom tomato season around here yet. It seems to be the beginning and end of summer that I see them, but then I’ll see a random case here and there during...
View ArticleItalian Sausage Hoagies with Caprese Relish
I think most of us would agree that sounding the death knell of summer needn’t necessarily mean the end of grilling for the season. It seems like most people will grill as long as the weather will...
View ArticleFried Green Tomato and Pimento Cheese Tart
I have no words for how much fun this dinner was. And I wanted to share it before green tomatoes are no more for the season. I can always find some somewhere up here in early fall. So let’s dissect …...
View ArticleJulie’s Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Well, it’s official: we’ve had our first snow of the season. I can’t say that was terribly thrilling for me, but it was an inevitability, so I suppose I’ll just get over it. At least it was just big...
View ArticleHomemade Pizza Sauce
Today’s post is quite exciting for me, because it is my first month as a new member of the Secret Recipe Club!! SRC is where a fun group of food bloggers gather and each month we are assigned a blog, …...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Sandwiches
There isn’t much that can be said for this stunningly beautiful sandwich. Heirloom tomatoes speak for themselves. They are hitting their stride in my grocery store right now, and I can’t get enough....
View ArticleWatermelon Gazpacho with Crab Salad
It’s only been in the last decade of my life that I’ve even heard of gazpacho, let alone tasted it. I’ll admit, it sounded a little odd, but I learned of it in my New, Adventurous Eating Phase of Life,...
View ArticleEggplant and White Bean Meatballs + A Cookbook Giveaway!!!
Thanks to a snafu with my local post office and a generous Amazon customer service agent, I wound up with two copies of The VB6 Cookbook by Mark Bittman. So I’m giving away my extra copy to one of my …...
View ArticleGrilled Cherry Tomato, Garlic and Goat Cheese Toasts
So, picky eater that I was growing up, I actually rarely objected to tomatoes – in fact, I would even go so far as to say that I liked them as a child. When I was in grad school, in … Continue reading →
View ArticlePeach Salsa #SundaySupper
Welcome to Sunday Supper, where this week we are Preserving Summer Produce! This theme is very good for me, because …… I’m really ready for fall. Okay, there I said it – it’s my shameful secret. This...
View ArticleTortellini Salad with Roasted Peppers, Tomatoes, and Eggplant
Happy Secret Recipe Club reveal day!!! Always a fun day for me. This month I was assigned…. Feast on the Cheap! Feast on the Cheap is a wonderful food blog actually run by two people: “a...
View ArticleSeared Tuna Salad with Nectarines and Cherry Tomatoes
Happy Friday!!! So, I love discovering new food blogs. There are so many food blogs out there that I don’t think any one individual has any hope of reading, or even knowing about, all of them. And...
View ArticleRoasted Spaghetti Squash with Spicy Anchovy Marinara
Spaghetti squash doesn’t have a terribly long season here in New York, and for many years I’ve only made it once per season (this fabulous dish, every time). And then I woke up and realized, that is...
View ArticleSmoky Scrambled Duck Eggs with Tomatoes on Toast Points
I am so predictable. Really, I am. Every time I get a new cookbook, I make a beeline for any recipe that can even remotely resemble a Tex-Mex dish, and that usually ends up what I make first. And I …...
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