Seasonal recipes for today's kitchen
It’s funny what we miss when our access to grocery stores and abundance is limited. In the days when our freezer was plentifully packed, a bag of Ore-Ida Tater Tots might have called to join burgers as part of our dinner menu. But a recent–Read more
Like many friends and family, I’ve been working lately at how best to cook from my pantry stores. Almost serendipitously, I ran across a recipe for Monastery Soup while reading Caroline Eden’s latest book Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes Through Darkness and Light. Before I–Read more
The grey days of February have me pining for green things. I want to see the leaves reappear on the trees and bulbs start to push their verdant stems through the soil. I know I will have to wait for the garden to cooperate with–Read more
Sometimes a pan of chocolate brownies can lead to deep decision making—Who wants the corners with crunchy edges or who’s asking for the middle pieces with soft pillowy insides? These chocolate brownie cookies make those kinds of choices irrelevant. Round in shape, they offer the–Read more
Waking up to a house that smells of apple pie spices is one way to welcome a day happily. When the spices are laced throughout an easy baked oatmeal brimming with tender apple pieces and tart dried cranberries, breakfast makes the day even better. My–Read more
Fall weather makes me nostalgic. I’ve been looking through old photographs of our family recently, smiling at faces smiling at me through the years. Classic movies sound like a good idea for the longer nights, and foods that have comforted us over the years start–Read more