We have been eating what we call “cold” suppers lately. Although parts of them might have to be cooked, we generally serve them cold as it has been super HOT. Not the best time in the world for our grill to die…so we tend to cook earlier in the day and then the food is […]
Vegetables
Peruvian Lima Beans with Citrus Sauce
We have been married for nearly five years but have been together for seven. When we first started dating we were on a road trip in New Brunswick, Canada and had each packed some foods to take along. Not knowing each other very well, one of us packed a bean salad consisting of all sorts […]
Fried Sage Leaves
While flipping through the Williams-Sonoma Rustic Italian cookbook we spotted this recipe for Foglie Di Salvia Fritte or, if like us you don’t speak Italian, Fried Sage Leaves with Balsamic Drizzle. In the book they call them an antipasti. Personally, we can picture them gracing the tops of pasta or meat dishes. One thing is […]
Quick Pickled Ramps
In April we went foraging for wild ramps. We came home with a good selection and used them to make pasta and also ate them on toast. We had enough left over that we could use some in a simple pickling recipe and then put them aside. Now, even in the summertime, we are enjoying […]
Warm Potato Salad with Fresh Garden Herbs
Summer at our house would not be the same without baseball or potato salad. We only make it in the summer and look forward to it every year. Quite some time ago, much by accident, my mom and I discovered how yummy it can be warm. We were in a rush to eat and needed […]
Tamasin Day-Lewis’s Feta, Eggplant & Mint Salad
When it gets to be as hot as it was last night, dinner needs to be super simple. Inspired by Tamasin Day-Lewis’s book, Tamasin’s Weekend Food, we searched out a recipe we thought would be refreshingly easy for a hot night. We were so happy we did. This book was a find on our last trip […]
Lion’s Mane Mushroom “Lobster” Roll with White Truffle Mayonnaise
When you live in Massachusetts, summertime is equated with soft serve ice cream, baseball and fresh seafood. When you live in Massachusetts and develop a shellfish allergy in your early twenties, summertime becomes a little less fun. Or a lot less if you loved it as much as I did. So you can imagine my […]
Mezae Foods Hummus from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
We are always looking for quality local foods. We had been hearing about Mezae Foods hummus for a while now and just have not had a chance to find it anywhere until the other day when shopping at the market and going to get our usual packaged hummus when we spotted it. This hummus was […]