Category Archives: Summer
HOMEMADE BUTTER (AND BUTTERMILK)
My love affair with dairy fat has been going on for at least three decades behind metals beaters pirouetted in pillowsContinue reading »
Roasted Squash with Roasted Tomatoes, Feta, and Basil Oil
There’s a dirty little trick to recipe writing used to draw in the unwitting cook. At first glance, the cookContinue reading »
Weekend Muesli
I really meant it when I said that Elinor flaps her arms like a penguin when she likes what’s she eating.Continue reading »
Rustic Provençal Vegetable Casserole
After I took the bar exam, we spent a couple weeks in Provence in a house that Van Gogh painted. Each day was slow andContinue reading »
Creamy French-Style Pâté
It’s time to get serious. For the most part, I’ve been keeping things light and breezy with salads andContinue reading »
Chilled Watermelon Soup with Cucumber and Basil
It is said that watermelon seeds can impregnate you, a method that failed me, but probably only because I didn’tContinue reading »
Pimientos de Padrón
In a small town not far outside Santiago, Spain, the capital of the northwest province of Galicia and endpoint of theContinue reading »
Simple Beet Soup (Cool or Warm)
Today I read that mothering is inherited. How one mothers descends three generations, unless a significant eventContinue reading »
Leek-Sorrel Pancakes
I made pancakes for breakfast every morning of seventh grade. They were Bisquick, actually. Were there other types ofContinue reading »