Bonus Recipe: In Celebration of our Blue Crab

2 years ago

  First Impressions The first time my toddler daughter tasted a crab cake, she danced. That one was from Chris’s…

In My Neighborhood: A Cookbook Club!

2 years ago

A New Club Is In Town Red Barn Mercantile, which had a slam dunk author signing with Brian Noyes of…

Food For Thought: The Saga of Margarine

2 years ago

Economy vs Taste Growing up in my family you used margarine in cooking and baking and you reserved butter for…

Juicy Post: Risotto Alla Milanese

2 years ago

It's All In The Name Some years ago, I ordered Risotto Alla Milanese in a highly regarded and somewhat snooty…

Ingredients: These Old Bones

2 years ago

Nose To Tail Fergus Henderson has many wonderful quotes. My favorite is his query about why couples shopped for a…

Ingredients: In Search Of Biscuits

2 years ago

My Biscuit Background My mother-in-law was a marvelous cook. She was also by necessity a frugal one. She counted it…

Food For Thought: Plowing Through The Farm Bill

2 years ago

The Farm Bill And Us   Hearing about the Farm Bill every five years probably elicits not so much as a…

Juicy Post: The Case For Cheater Sourdough Starter

2 years ago

Pandemic Preoccupations During the pandemic (known as DTP), the Italy Insider gave me a gift of a year of Master…

Bonus Recipe: Duck Breast in Pink Peppercorn Sauce

2 years ago

  The Other Red Meat Last month I wrote about one of my pet peeves, — the marketing and reengineering…

In My Neighborhood: Maribeth’s Bakery

2 years ago

Market Memories One of the endearing pleasures of living over the shop,  just off our Market Square was (and still…