This winter, I’ve become addicted to a particular blend of baby greens that I get each week at the Providence Wintertime Farmers Market. They have just the right blend of peppery heat and interesting textures that keep me coming back – week in and week out, even if I need nothing else at the market… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Vegetables & Sides
Sweet Potato-Bacon Cakes
After two consecutive weekends of mushy boiled dinner (all in the name of science, I swear. A comparison of slightly more expensive corned beef versus less-expensive vacuum sealed corned beef) – one of which was delicious and the other which was boring – please, do guess which was made with butcher-corned beef, and which was… Continue Reading
Turnip Gratin
Tis the season for root vegetables in colder climes (such as ours in New England), and, as such, we are making much use of them here at our house. Last week’s roasted root vegetable pot pie just got polished off (in JR’s lunch) yesterday, in it could be found carrots, parsnips (my, how I love… Continue Reading
Brockton Beans
JR and I met at a local golf course where I was the bartender and he was a member. Member implies something fancy, and, in that regard, is a bit of a misnomer used in reference to this particular golf course. Around town it was known as a rowdy, blue collar club. However, he did… Continue Reading
Mom’s Mushy Stuffing
There are some foods from our youth, regardless of how darned sophisticated one’s palate becomes later in life, that simply cannot be replaced, especially at the holidays. My mother’s mushy stuffing is firmly in this category. It is a stuffing that, at one time or another, all four McCoy children have asked for the recipe… Continue Reading