This recipe was given to me by one of our guests years ago and when I make it on the Riggin the plates NEVER come back to the galley with even a speck of food on them. Of course, as is my nature, I switch it up some – adding crab meat, cream cheese, spinach [...]
Normally I don’t go in for our nation’s fascination with faster is better. I’m as impatient as the next person (or maybe more so depending on who you speak with or the given day) but typically the 20 minute meal craze doesn’t excite me. Mostly because what is gained in speed can be lost in [...]
The unsettling, warm, gray rain continues to come straight down as our ground turns from fluffy white to matted green and the snow disappears amidst the wet onslaught. Days like this require something robust, creamy and comforting. The little people in our life have decided that rainy days always call for “Cheesey Soup,” as it’s [...]
When I made this recipe this week, I wouldn’t tell anyone what was in it until they tried it. Then I shared. Knowing that the combination of ingredients don’t sound good unless you are a desperate vegetarian or have a bumper cabbage crop. Turns out, the combination hits you just right when you want a [...]
Parsley can sometimes get a bad rap as the overused and poorly thought of garnish on the side of a plate. It carries a clean, bright taste, that holds up to the heavier lentil in this dish. So full of nutrients, Italian flat parsley especially, is a wonderful way to insert color, nutrition and flavor [...]
There can be too much of a good thing! Zucchini is one of them. It’s “lock-your-car-door-season” in Maine. If don’t, you may find your car stuffed with huge, gargantuan-seeded zucchinis, courtesy of a “friend” who, in the spring, thought that they needed to plant 6 zucchini plants in their garden to feed their family of [...]
The new issue of Maine Food and Lifestyle came in the mail today and with it my column on fresh pea soup served hot or cold. Try as we did to make a good looking picture of this beautiful, bright green soup, on film it looks, at best, unappealingly gray and therefore we will absolutely [...]
