Rhubarb Vinegar Chicken
I've wanted us to do vinegar chicken for awhile and Jody, who can never see a lily without thinking of three different ways to gild it, suggested we invite rhubarb. Fine with me, as long as it didn't...
View ArticlePotato and Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Kimchi Mayo Dressing
Ken and the kids used to eat baked potatoes with butter, kimchi and sour cream when I wasn't looking. What if it kimchi, potatoes and sugar snap peas made a summer salad?
View ArticleSummer Feast – Steamed Littleneck Clams, Slow-Braised Tomatoes, White Beans...
Don’t let the fact that our summer feast has four separate recipes scare you off. The prep is fast and simple and boiled down to it’s essential components the dish is beans, slow-braised tomatoes,...
View ArticleBlueberry Scones with Lemon and Rosemary
Blueberry scones in the summer time are like apple pie in the fall - not to eat either in season is to relinquish a small part of your humanity.
View ArticleTRAHANA WITH TOMATOES, FETA AND A LITTLE SPICE
How often do you discover something delicious from a part of the world you know and you've never even heard of it? That's the case with trahana for us, from Greece.
View ArticleSeared Scallops with Garam Masala Creamed Corn
Garam Masala is subtle. No one would mistake this for curry. It's more like a warm summer welcome that announces the flavor of scallops and corn, hands you a drink and a fork, and then gets out of the...
View ArticleRoasted Okra with Guanciale, Peppers and Anchovies
Squint at this dish of roasted okra with guanciale and peppers and you might mistake it for an Italian bagna cauda. Except that okra doesn’t register on Italian culinary radar. Which is not to say that...
View ArticleTOMATO PHYLLO SHEET PIES WITH CINNAMON, HONEY AND OREGANO
When Jody was a girl and her parents had a cocktail party, she and her sisters were pressed into service, given trays of hors d’oeuvres and asked to circulate among the guests. As we were discussing...
View ArticleGone Fishin’
Hi, Everyone – I hope your summers are going well, or at least as well as they can be in this strange hard season. Jody and I have taken a week off to visit with our kids, so I thought I’d revisit this...
View ArticleBurrata with Fancy Roasted Peppers
Roast some peppers with just a spoonful of aromatics inside. Result: tasty, squishy-soft peppers that genially pair with burrata... and some great leftovers.
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