Cranberries are sometimes one of the few things that bring bright color to an otherwise fairly brown meal – Thanksgiving. Think about it – brown turkey, stuffing, potatoes, roasted vegetable (yes a little color but not much) and the gravy. Maybe green beans, but if you are like most people and do the cream of [...]
Stuffing is my absolute favorite part of Thanksgiving Dinner, forget the turkey, forget the gravy or the cranberry sauce, if I don’t have my stuffing, I’m feeling a little bereft. These are a few of my favorites that have run in previous years in columns or in the Riggin‘s Windjammer e-newsletters. If you’d like to [...]
These carrots, parsnips and potatoes go great with the Yankee Pot Roast recipe I posted earlier. Much earlier actually, even though I intended for them to go together. Here are some helpful hints about timing in the kitchen. • Preheat the oven and begin the pot roast. If you would like to have this meal waiting [...]
I created this recipe for Curtis Custom Meats in Union, Maine several years ago. We used to buy all of our meat from them, pre-the enormous freezer full of cuts of whole pig and cow from Terra Optima in Appleton. This recipe makes a large pot of sauce – good for a big family dinner [...]
Lorraine, one of the owners of the Victory Chimes, gave this recipe to me when I was running the galley for them. Lorraine’s Nectarine-Blueberry Bread Bread 3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter 2 large eggs 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 1 medium nectarine, peeled and [...]
I love artichokes any way you cook them. But this tangy, creamy sauce is one of my favorites. When artichokes are on sale, I’ll get a bunch of them and serve this sauce on the boat for pasta night. It used to be that I’d only serve one sauce, but then my energetic side got [...]
We’re seated at the dinner table as a family, a cozy little scene, when my oldest daughter takes a bite of her vegetables, screws up her face and says, “Mama, there’s something not right about these vegetables!” A usual comment at dinner tables across the country I’m sure, but not with this daughter. Chloe likes [...]
The chickens have hit their stride and are now gracing us with up to one dozen eggs a day. This is most welcome as in the heart of winter, one or two eggs a day is common. A person can only take this ratio so long before they begin to question, “Why exactly: do we [...]
We hauled yesterday evening to a chilly, darkening sky. It’s now drizzly wet and not too cold and everyone is down working on the through hull fittings, spraying the bottom with the pressure washer to remove a year’s worth of muck and growth and setting up staging for the sanding and painting portion of the [...]
This recipe was inspired by Kerry Altiero, chef and co-owner of Café Miranda’s in Rockland, Maine. If you haven’t eaten there yet, it’s a palate’s delight. This is a perfect last minute meal for greens that you might find popping up in your garden (or under the cold frame). If you don’t have time to [...]
