If you’ve been visiting here for a while, you probably know that I have a bit of an obsessive disorder. I wouldn’t call it compulsive, just obsessive. Typically, this has to do with seasonal foods. It happens that the desire for each food doesn’t pass, it’s just that its season ends, generally at the exact… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Entrees
Grilled Corn Bisque with Sweet & Savory Accoutrement
Summer is fleeting, especially here in New England. Even those of you who don’t live here know it’s true. You see us on the weather map in February and marvel at our low temperatures, hanging right in there with South Dakota or occasionally even Canada. We don’t want to hang in there with the frozen… Continue Reading
Savory Crostata: Eggplant, Tomato, and Olives
Inspiration makes its way to us in the strangest of ways from time to time, doesn’t it? A couple of weeks ago, I was scheduled to teach a pie crust class at Whole Foods in Cranston, Rhode Island. The plan was that I would demonstrate the method for making basic pie dough, and would bring… Continue Reading
Fancy Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Legs with Peach-Lavender Glaze
This post could just as likely have been entitled, “Holy Crap, There’s a Recipe in This Here Post” for the lack of recipes posted here of late. I apologize for the drought. And if you’ve seen me in person at book stores and such, you’ve probably heard me apologize in person. In response to this… Continue Reading
Pork Shoulder Braised in Milk
JR’s brother has two treatments for pork chops that have raised JR’s and my eyebrows for years (probably my eyebrows more than JR’s, actually). One involves cooking the chops on the stovetop in orange juice (makes my mouth pucker just thinking about it) and the other involves cooking them on the stovetop (I said “treatments”,… Continue Reading