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 [...]
Roast chicken is one of my favorite meals; I love it rubbed and roasted with just salt and pepper. But when I feel like playing, herbs are the first place I go. Lavender might not be the first herb you think of when cooking, an herb that comes more to mind when thinking of bath [...]
Many years ago, the Caribbean was our home in the wintertime. We spent three winters sailing in and around the island chains and learning about local cooking. Occasionally, the island spices still pop up in my cooking – this Caribbean Spiced Snapper is an example. Cloves, allspice, nutmeg and many others spices are not just [...]
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 [...]
This ice cream is just waiting for the juicy, red berries that burden the vines on the perimeter of the garden. Of all of the purchases I’ve made for the garden over the years, these have been the most rewarding. They are an everbearing variety (don’t ask me what kind, I’ve completely lost track) and [...]
Grilled Eggplant with Toasted Cumin When we are lucky enough to have eggplant come from our Maine garden, I really love to treat it simply. So true of how I think of vegetables and garden vegetables in particular. Steamed, lightly seasoned, even roasted, as here, with very little adornment to cover the nuance of flavors [...]
It’s impossible to make a dish any better than the ingredients you start with, which is why herbs and fresh vegetables are so integral to our food. One of the things I love about getting different vegetables and fruits every week from our CSA, Hope’s Edge, is the creativity that these beautiful products inspire. People [...]
While you can even pulse coarsely chopped peppers in the food processor for the Salmon with Tri-Pepper Salsa, to julienne them is to create something really elegant looking. The best way to do that is to “fillet” the peppers. With a straight cut, slice the top and bottoms off the peppers. Make one vertical slice [...]
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 [...]
