Every summer I look for a recipe that will capture the vibrant color of yellow tomatoes, hoping to bring their summer sunshine to the table the rest of the year. This new recipe for Yellow Tomato Ketchup auditioned for the summer 2010 roll out at Springy Banks Cannery. (Our house is on Springy Banks Rd., so … [Read more...]
ORANGE-COCONUT AND BLUEBERRY ICE CREAM CUPS WITH LOBSTER SUGAR COOKIES
Hope you like the picture because this is pretty much it. When the gang from work came out this summer I made orange ice cream cups, only this time with home-made orange-coconut ice cream and blueberry ice cream with a swirl of zesty blueberry strawberry jam. Then sugar cookies, dough tinted with food color, and sprinkled with crimson decorating sugar. So this is … [Read more...]
SPANISH MEATBALLS IN ALMOND SAUCE
Funny how food trends creep up on us until they all at once over take the popular consciousness in a mad rage, then subsequently settle back down when the next big thing comes along. So it was for tapas. Tapas tapas tapas. They had their time in the spotlight a while ago. But they did leave their mark, with the whole … [Read more...]
MOZZARELLA EN CAROZZA
It was back in college that I started on my food journey, just before I tried the Mozzarella en Carozza. In my first apartment the height of my culinary sophistication was a dish called Monster Chicken. A split chicken, skin side up, a whole can of undiluted cream of celery soup spread over. Under the broiler (never turning it over) until it was a … [Read more...]
Nasturtium Pesto
Most of the flowers in the yard have pretty much gone by. We're enjoying the last few spikes of white and magenta snap dragons still making a valiant effort and the tree hydrangeas which have turned an appropriately seasonal dusty pink. There's still one notable holdout, a bushy cluster of nasturtiums that is still going strong -- it must … [Read more...]