When I was at Pearl Alley Farmers Market, I picked up two of the last three bundles of leeks at a stall (how awful that I don’t remember which farm it was!). I have been lovingly obsessing over them and plotting what to do that would be a proper homage to one of my most… Read More Leek Pie
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
I’ve reflected on the past Local Foods Week and realized and I learned a good number of things and reaffirmed some of my core cooking beliefs. 1. Local food does not have to be expensive. Eating seasonally, even if you’re buying produce from a farmers market, can be affordable for just about any budget.
Did you really think Persephone would forget to include a pork dish this week? O ye of little faith. Tonight’s family dinner was a symphony of piggy-ness. The way we all like it. This pig, trotters and all, was entirely from our friends at Bluescreek Farm Meats in the North Market. Milan is the home… Read More Day Seven: Dinner, Gran Finale, Ode to a Pig
Lunch was a synthesis of warm roasted vegetables with cool, fresh greens. My kind of meal: minimum prep, maximum flavor. In the fridge, there was a bit of the roasted eggplant and tomato from last night’s dinner. I used this to layer a beautiful, yet simple to prepare gâteau. Paired with a green salad with… Read More Roasted Eggplant and Roma Tomato Gâteau
Some days our family goes all veg, but it’s almost always by accident. It’s not until later in the evening when we think over what we ate that day do we realize it’s done. Meals like the one we made tonight are the main reason for it. We sometimes just don’t miss the meat. Food this good will satisfy… Read More A Vegetarian Dinner to End a Vegetarian Day
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