If you have friends or family coming over for an unexpected Sunday dinner at your house, don’t be alarmed. You may already have what you need and have to look no further than your front porch. I couldn’t bear to just let the beautiful green Hokkaido pumpkin go to waste that we brought home from Rennick’s Family… Read More Sunday Dinner, Porch to Table | Roasted Pumpkin with Italian Sausage
Those local strawberries from Crum Strawberry Farm are all gone. The same goes for the beautiful arugula and salad mix from Honeyrun Farm. They both went quickly this week between Hades and I into this surprisingly seasonal salad that also features Blue Jacket Dairy‘s Gretna, a Halloumi-style cheese (so local! so delicious!). Blue Jacket recommends that you… Read More Locavore | Gretna and Strawberry Salad
Some of the most available (and storable) vegetables for the winter season are the root vegetables. They’re versatile and relatively easy to find grown locally. They’re really good for you and they’re really tasty. Which brings me to the lowly, oft maligned turnip. I think it’s kind of sad. (Voice cracking just a little bit.) It’s… Read More Root Vegetable 101 | Turnip Soup
But yes, the last of the local strawberries were at the Worthington Farmers Market this morning. I snagged a quart, from Crum Strawberry Farm, along with some turnips and an arugula and lettuce mix from Honey Run and some of the bacon I love from Curly Tail. Pure fall happiness! Be on the lookout for these… Read More Local Strawberries?!? It’s Practically November!
There’s been something appealing about trying difficult recipes lately. Some days – well let’s be honest, a lot of days – all I want to cook is something familiar and easy (i.e., Japanese noodles and salmon). And tonight’s recipe seemed, at first, to fit into the difficult category. Although, as it turned out, it wasn’t hard, just slightly… Read More Butternut Squash “Pasta” and Stuffed Squab
Sunday I (well, mostly Cherub) gathered some locally-grown pumpkins and squashes at a nearby u-pick farm. Since nearly everyone has a gourd or two lying around this time of year, I thought I’d give you some ideas about how you might use them. One minute they’re seasonal decorations on your front porch and the next you’re serving them to… Read More Party Snack: Posh Squash
I’ve been in an Italian mood lately. One of the things that’s been encouraging this is a cookbook I hadn’t pulled down in a while: Flavors of Tuscany, by Nancy Harmon Jenkins. There is a real difference in Italian cooking and Italian-American cooking. There is an ease to these Italian recipes: many can be served… Read More Tomato Bread Soup
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