We are great fans of mushrooms. All too often when you have that mushroom craving and you open the fridge the mushrooms have gone past their best or are ready to throw out. A great way to ensure that your craving can be satisfied is to pickle your favorite fungi in a jar. Mushrooms are such […]
Vegetables
Boxwood Basil
After spending an exorbitant amount of money on lovely little bundles of herbs at the market, we caved in and built our own raised beds a few years back — having since filled them with a gorgeous selection of herbs of our own, we use them nearly daily in the growing season. The other […]
Wild Ramps from the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts – served with Pancetta and Orzo Pasta
Wild ramps are a great taste of spring and so you have to get them during their all too brief season. The foraging is a case of walking through woodland trails of Western Massachusetts until you smell the garlicky spring onion aroma… then look around and voila, there are the ramps. They do […]
Hake with Golden Beets, Pancetta & Potatoes
We found these golden beets at Whole Foods. They looked so great that we had to get them. Once home we just had the dilemma of what to serve with them so in something akin to Chopped we looked for interesting ingredients to make the final dish. We found some HAKE and colored new potatoes. In England, […]
Purple Potato & Hake Spring Cakes
Finely our first day that really feels like spring. The snow has left us and the crocus flowers have added color once again to our otherwise bleak garden. With a wide variety of spring potatoes we are also able to add fresh color to our dinner table. This was actually a left over […]
Pancetta & Pea Risotto
Pancetta Risotto. Super easy. Super cheap. Super comforting. We can’t get enough risotto in our house and love to mix it up with different flavors and toppings. This particular combination provides a crispy, creamy and decadent mix all in one. We began with some pancetta which we sliced and then diced. […]
Jarlsberg, Arugula & Mushroom Omelet
We’ve used these flavors before in our Jarlsberg grilled cheese with shitake and arugula and they worked so well we reuse them quite often. This time we decided to make an omelet using Jarlsberg, arugula and baby bella mushrooms. This omelet is a perfect choice for Easter morning and it is what we will […]
Pulled Pork Ravioli with Collard Green & Peanut Pesto
One of our favorite things about our visits to the Southern United States has been the food. Last night we were craving something with a Southern twist so we decided to make pulled pork ravioli with a collard green and peanut pesto. A while back we made some delicious pulled pork and froze a […]