Exploring the menu of life.
If you own a slow cooker, a four ingredient slow cooker pork roast is as easy as it gets: place ingredients in the pot and turn it on. Eight hours later, you have an amazing outpouring of pork love. Doubling or halving the recipe is simple too… it shrinks and expands with the poundage of your ... Read More »
I’m one of those weirdos that doesn’t like licorice. Black or Red. Groan. No… it goes beyond that. It makes me nauseous… unhappy and desirous of fleeing. So it wasn’t until well into my adulthood that my love affair with the fennel bulb began. Before I discovered this ... Read More »
Every summer, I grow my own tomatoes. Giddily and enthusiastically. Almost to a fault. I receive my heirloom seed catalog each winter, earmark the hell out of it and plant new varieties each year — starting the seedlings indoors during February for a late April outdoor planting. Watching them ... Read More »
Besides the seasonality of this vegetable, I’ve always wondered why we relegate pumpkin dishes to the fall. It comes in a can year round — which is far easier than spearing a fresh gourd — so we could be enjoying its comforting, smooth and rustic flavors all the time. It might be ... Read More »
Due to its healthful aspects — high in protein, vitamin B-12 and iron — fish is something I try to eat at least twice a week. It can enliven a boring week of chicken, pork and beef. But it can be challenging to find super fresh fillets that don’t sport the stomach-turning “fishy” ... Read More »
It’s summer and ’tis the season to stuff your face with beautifully firm, fresh green beans. They’re everywhere right now and super cheap. My garden overflowth with Blue Lake bush green beans each warm season (they lavishly grow like weeds in both Florida and California) so I’ve ... Read More »
This EASY recipe for Beef Stroganoff only takes 30 minutes to prepare and is impressive enough for a dinner party. With the miracle of short-cut convenience foods, fast food can be better than Fast Food.
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