So, I had read this article/rough recipe about green sauces in Food and Wine magazine just a few days ago and I thought I would try this myself! I have so many greens and herbs in my garden, and I had just finished thinning out my mint growth that this was perfect timing AND I had never done it … [Read More...]
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What We Should Be Eating & Making Now
So, I have been trying out new recipes for you BUT, I haven’t found any that are great enough to share with you. They just aren’t and I’m sorry I haven’t had the time to fuss with them to make them … [Read More...]
Garlic Scape Pesto
Summertime means pesto time, right? Usually it is basil for me but my friend Lainne at Ethel and Tom’s farm stand in Red Hook told me that Kim, from Second Chance Farm was buying bunches and bunches … [Read More...]
Veal Milanese – or Pork
Veal Milanese with Mizuna salad topping. My late husband (Why do they call it late? He’s not coming back, unfortunately, so he’s not late for anything.) would always order this dish – Veal Milanese … [Read More...]
Pasta with Shiitake Mushrooms & Peas in a Light Cream Sauce
This Pasta with Shiitake Mushrooms & Peas in a Light Cream Sauce is a quick and easy dish - perfect for an al fresco lunch or dinner. When I lived in Italy, I would make this dish with … [Read More...]
Banana Bread
Covid Banana Bread! Zooming... I was Zooming with my friend Sherry the other day and told her about this new Banana Bread recipe that I had just concocted and shared through a mailbox delivery … [Read More...]
Grilled Potato Salad
Potato Salad signals summer is here – right? And there are many potato salad recipes out there – with mayo, or sour cream or German style that’s warm with vinegar and the list goes on. But I … [Read More...]
Rhubarb Crisp for an Easy Memorial Day Dessert
It’s the season! I adore rhubarb and right now it is in season! This rhubarb crisp recipe is perfect for an easy Memorial Day Dessert, so you can still relax. Because the recipe has all the … [Read More...]
Pasta all’Amatraciana
This dish, Pasta all’Amatraciana gives me great joy to make and is so full of amazing memories. You see, when I ran off to Italy by myself for two 3-month periods after Steve passed, I would fly into … [Read More...]
Meatloaf
What a time we are in, huh? I so worry about the core of our country and what is happening to our democracy. Because if you follow all the politics behind the scenes, it is distressing. So, I suggest … [Read More...]
Strawberry Shortcake
I first posted a picture of this Strawberry Shortcake on my Instagram account and received so many likes, including a request for the recipe. So, here is my recipe for Strawberry Shortcake that is … [Read More...]
Dinner
Sabatino Tartufi Truffle Zested Flatbeans
THIS Sabatino Tartufi Truffle Zest is one of Oprah’s favorite things!!! Yes! I simply remember my favorite things and then I don’t feel sooooo baaad. Remember Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music? … [Read More...]
Bruce Cost Ginger Ale Spice Cake
Bruce Cost Ginger Ale is, in one word, amazing! It is made with real fresh ginger and pure cane sugar, and this, my friends, is the complete real deal. As they say in their ads, you don’t have to … [Read More...]
Appetizers
Easter 2015, New Beginnings and Bacon Wrapped Walnut Dates
Isn’t this what Easter is all about – new beginnings? So I‘ve been slightly slammed lately, trying to get MSI off the ground, keeping PM+CO going, (cause that’s where we make money to pay the … [Read More...]
Weeknight entertaining
Weeknight entertaining is easy to do if you plan a little bit ahead. We enjoy seeing our friends in the city during the week as we are usually in the country on the weekends. So on the weekend, I knew … [Read More...]
