I know! I know! Enough with the blackberry recipes. This is the last one, since we are now back in NYC. In addition to eating a lot of blackberries while on Gabriola, we ate a good amount of locally grown vegetables. There are quite a few small farms on the island that sell at…
Tag: lunch
Duck Liver Pâté for a Friend
Recently, I received a windfall of duck livers. My friend Bethany got a new duck cookbook and had, over the last few months, cooked who knows how many ducks in who knows how many delicious ways. Bethany has been my neighbor while she attended medical school nearby, but I’ve known her since she was a teenager…
Ruby Salad with Feta and Spicy Pepitas
This salad lured me in visually. I have recently joined the ranks of pinterest users. I know that I am late to the party. No one will ever accuse me of being an early adopter of technology or social media. Anyway, I have been making up for lost time and thoroughly enjoying all the pretty, pretty…
Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Chorizo/ A story about my cat
My wonderful cat Hazel loves Brussel sprouts. He likes to chew on green things, and I am happy to provide him with anything that will keep him away from my begonias. Brussel sprouts are not only tasty to Hazel, they are also ball shaped, which means that they can be chased around the kitchen floor…
Golden Split Pea Fritters with Bacon and Chanterelle Mushrooms (Gluten-free or not)
The beauty of this fritter recipe is that it combines very expensive ingredients (chanterelle) with very cheap ingredients (yellow split peas). Yellow split peas are among my favourite legumes. They have a cheerful color, a sweet flavour and a texture that I find comforting. I don’t cook with fresh Chanterelle mushrooms very often, but only…
Eastern Tennessee Harvest- Succotash
When I was in the fourth grade, I found a recipe for succotash in the recipe section of the local newspaper. It caught my fancy, and my mother agreed to help me make it. Succotash is corn and lima bean stew but I am pretty sure that the newspaper recipe included ground meat of some kind. …
Chilled Avocado Soup/ Last Minute Cold Soup Roundup
The weather has been a weirdly beautiful this August in NYC. We only had a few weeks of unbearable heat and humidity (back in July). August has been sunny and not too hot and only occasionally a little bit muggy. It has not been the kind of weather that demands cold soup I…
Fried Lima Beans with Feta, Sorrel, Sumac and Lemon
This recipe combines beans that originated in Peru with cooking techniques and spices from the Middle East AND the little green things that are starting to come out of the ground at this moment in New York State. It used up a few delicious green spring herbs (ramps and sorrel) that I had enthusiastically purchased…
Crushed Green Olive Salad with Celery and Mint
I knew I was going to love this salad as soon as I read the recipe. I am a big fan of good green olives and celery. In fact, when I travel I always pack green olives and celery as an airplane snack. Also, this salad has mint in it and I love mint in…
Wilted Collard Green Salad with Peanuts and Black Eyed Peas
This recipe caught my eye because it reminded me of the Palaver recipe that my sister posted long ago. That is a very good stew, but this salad is easier to carry to work for lunch. The classic African combination of peanuts, collards and black-eyed peas is so tasty and fortifying. This recipe makes enough for two…
Big Sis Little Dish 