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Orzo Salad with Asparagus, Peas, and Toasted Almonds

Orzo Salad with Asparagus, Peas, and Toasted Almonds

Oh, but that isn’t all that there is to this orzo salad. No. No it isn’t. There’s also orange zest and freshly squeezed orange juice in there, as well as goat cheese. Mint, too, if you’d like. This is one of those dishes that serves a number of purposes. For Easter, we needed a substantialContinue Reading

Ham and Sweet Potato Soup

Ham and Sweet Potato Soup

This is a far more improvisational dish than I would normally post here. I prefer to test a recipe at least twice, if not more, before sharing, but the thought that you, too, may have too much leftover ham on your hands after the holiday weekend has pressed me into fast recipe-sharing motion. Let’s thinkContinue Reading

Sweet Raspberry Tea Cake and a Giveaway with HP Hood

Sweet Raspberry Tea Cake and a Giveaway with HP Hood

The giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, Amy Beth! Spring holidays are fast approaching, and if you aren’t hosting your family’s festivities, it’s entirely possible – nay, highly likely – that you’ve received a request to bring an appetizer or a dessert. On the dessert front, HP Hood created the recipe below forContinue Reading

DIY Kitchen Renovation

DIY Kitchen Renovation

JR has lived in our house for 25 years, and I glommed on around 15 years ago. Once, about 12 years ago, a former owner of this house stopped by with her daughter (who had been born in the house), and remarked, “Oh,” silence, silence, silence, “You haven’t done anything to the house.”  At theContinue Reading

Farm Dwellers

I’ll be in NYC for a few days, having a grand time at the International Association of Culinary Professionals annual conference, I’m sure, but I’ll be missing these creatures and things at the farm (I get to speak to JR, so I’ll miss him, but it’s not like we won’t have any contact while I’m away. SoContinue Reading