When, in my most recent PPH column on no knead sourdough bread, I offered to send a bit of my 100 year old sourdough starter to anyone who wanted it, I had no idea the response would be so great! Usually when I offer to send something to readers I get four or five requests. [...]
When my husband and I worked in the Caribbean running a yacht as captain and chef, something we did for three years, this was a stand by and always a big hit. I constantly changed the fruit and the liquor depending on what was at the market that day (my absolute favorite place to be [...]
This recipe is one of my favorite ways to make these underground spuds. It makes them creamy tasting with a crispy crust, but without a ton of fat. Yumminess all the way around. Make these with the Pork Chops from the previous post and add a steamed veggie and you've got yourself a pretty simple [...]
I tried, I really did, to follow a recipe exactly. A blizzard outside, tired inside, wanting a break with something easy, and chocolate, I turned to the January issue of Fine Cooking to make chocolatier Alice Medrich's Bittersweet Chocolate Tart with Salted Caramelized Pistachios. Weeell…. then I realized that the pistachios went into the girls' [...]
I’ve always loved the idea of using pumpkins and squashes as tureens – they are pretty, elegant and functional and the idea has always appealed to my sense of the natural world. I’d not tried it in the past for a couple of reasons. One it seemed fussy and time consuming – not my style. [...]
We get the most wonderful beets from Hope's Edge Farm, a CSA in Hope, Maine and from my own garden. Obviously the fresher the beets, the better the salad. I adapt this recipe to what’s available; it’s really flexible. I replace the roasted beets with roasted onions, roasted squash or steamed beans. The pecans become [...]
The girls started school this week, so I am ashore for a short period of time. Not cooking on the boat, but cooking ashore instead, I think it’s just as warm here as it is in the galley! I walked out to the garden to see what we had that I could harvest. Gorgeous misty, [...]
In my efforts to use what I already have in the pantry and the freezer before flitting off to the grocery store for the fresh and new, I found some frozen apples in the back of the freezer. It’s encouraging that I can now see the back of the freezer. Every fall, the girls and [...]
As you may have guessed from the frequent posts about chickens, we have an abundance of eggs in our house. The girls have started a little "chicken business" selling the extra eggs and whenever my youngest sees our next door neighbor outside, she tromps right over to make a sale. I haven’t seen my neighbor [...]
This recipe must have a story and I wish I knew what it was. It was given to me by a mom from school who got it from “Ed the former monk,” who learned it in the monastery. Now you are as curious as I am to know more. I’ve adjusted it somewhat from the [...]
