First stop after leaving Rochester was Germantown, NY, to see Libby and Michael and Kierlan in their wonderful house overlooking the Hudson River…but I lost my camera the next day so, alas, I can’t show you the work they’ve done on the house, the beautiful sweeping views of the Hudson, Libby’s amazing concrete tile floors, […]
Category: Recipes
PASTA!
R found this 2008 Martha Stewart Everyday Food magazine in the basket of old magazines…and it yielded up this super easy, light and very fresh tasting recipe…we had it last night with halibut from the fish guy…try it, you’ll like it… 8 oz. pasta (she used gemelli, we used farfalle) 3 medium yellow summer squash […]
Simple Summer Squash Soup
This recipe came this week with our veg box from Dennison Farms and it’s really good. Coarsely chop 2# summer squash, 1/2 onion, and 2 cloves of garlic. Add a potato or two if you want a thicker soup (I did…) Add 6 cups chicken stock (I used 8 c. broth and 2 extra potatoes […]
Alisa Cooks up a storm…
Alisa Alexander (former student…now friend) came over last night and cooked us a DELICIOUS and lovely meal. Alisa is half Thai and the meal included spring rolls with her Mom’s peanut sauce and some yummy corn relish…Here’s how it went: (this is what the rice wrapper looks like before she soaks it…) all of the […]
4th of July Fish…etc.
A great beach weekend and here’s a good recipe for grilling a whole Chinook salmon Take the whole fish…rub with olive oil and then make slits in the fish into which you put thin slices of butter. Get the corn ready Heat the grill… set the table Cook the fish 11 minuntes on a side…it […]
The Train of thought…
(leaves the station…) On my way to the store today this weird train…some kind of stone grinding affair…went by and as I waited, I decided to make the spinach salad from the Arbor Cafe for dinner tomorrow…the one with the brandy-brown sugar dressing (currently available at Word of Mouth for Salemites…). In a former life, […]
Finding the Christmas Spirit…
First turn on ALL the tree lights next make a put of tea, carefully choosing the “summer cup” to keep you looking ahead… plug in the tunes while making lamb/white bean soup: watch the baby goat video Joan sent and MAKE A CARDAMOM CAKE!!! (You won’t be sorry…) CARDAMOM CAKE (freezes well…) 1/2# butter 1 […]
Delicious Summer Fare
Here’s my absolute favorite. Roasted tomatoes on pasta, serve with a green salad. If possible farm tomatoes, in this case the wonderful golden nuggets from our CSA box Cut in half and array in an oiled pan cover with pesto…homemade if possible though in this case Pasta Plus from Eugene bake at 450 for 30 […]
Orecchiette (“little ears”) on a Sunday…
Roger was grading all day Sunday so before heading off to the studio I decided to make orecchiette for our dinner. I saw it a while back on Francesca’s blog and Sunday was the day. Of course Francesca is Italian and I’m not but…I gave it a whirl. Francesca used her grandmother’s recipe, but I […]
The labor of Labor Day Weekend…
It’s raining. It’s chilly. It’s quiet. There’s fresh basil. Pesto Time!!! I didn’t have any pine nuts so I tossed in a few roasted almonds–a different but still delicious flavor. Tomorrow I’ll put some on the tomatoes and roast them until they are cooked way down and nuggets of intense flavor. The taste of summer. […]
On The Way 