Last week I talked about how much I love risotto. This risotto recipe is actually the one that inspired the post. It featured sauteed fresh garden zucchini (which I know you’re trying to get rid of this time of year), and reduced super-sweet balsamic vinegar. I served it with some steak, but to be honest, it […]
Summer is over and fall is finally here. I have been looking forward to fall all summer. Harvest time is my favorite time of the year. The vegetables in the gardens are getting ripe. The peaches are getting ripe. In the mountains the wild blackberries and huckleberries are getting ripe. The fall wild mushrooms are […]
As I sit down to my laptop, I am unconvinced as to whether I will even be able to write this post. As soon as I start describing the homemade ice cream we made tonight, I’m sure I’ll be running to the freezer — multiple times — to snitch from the double-batch I made. Yeah, […]
Risotto is awesome. Is that news? I was making a steaming pot of it this past weekend, thinking about just how awesome it really is. It’s a great comfort food: it’s hot, creamy, soul-satisfying, and definitely sticks to your ribs. I think it might just be the greatest food for the single folk. There’s something […]
Join Debbie as she raves about whole foods, rants about chemicals and generally celebrates cooking and eating with fresh, local, nutritious foods. And sometimes she might get a little feisty…. Sometimes you’ve got to make a basic dish, one that celebrates all there is to love about freshly harvested food. Can I just brag about […]
I discovered this one serendipitously, like all good discoveries seem to be. I was planning on making my perfect hummus recipe today for a munchy appetizer for our guests. Alas, I did not have nearly enough lemon juice to make that happen in any tasty way, so I began searching the internet for a recipe […]
A few weekends ago, I escaped to the mountains with two of my friends and two babies. Since we were in a condo in the woods, we weren’t planning on eating out: that meant that we had to go shopping and plan our meals. While Cooper and I don’t eat meat, Elizabeth, Lauren, and Lauren’s […]
There are two things going on at our house right now. One is ensuring that our 3-year-old son, who’s allergic to soy and egg, has enough to eat during and in-between meals. The other is a challenge to eat healthier as a good example for our kids. For some reason, both of those situations have converged over popcorn. […]
I know that some of our dairy-challenged friends like to have cheese-free pizza, but I just can’t bring myself to make a pie without some cheese on it. I’m a bit of a traditionalist; I even have trouble using a cheese that isn’t mozzarella. I know that fontina is a great cheese for pizza, but […]
Is it treat time again? Not necessarily, but the title of this post would surely imply that, wouldn’t it? The two I picked are very healthy treats that I’m dying to make, because I am sure that I wouldn’t feel cheated out of a decadent dessert if I ate these. Which brings me to the […]
