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…

Recipe: A Unique Chocolate Souffle

2 years ago

Souffles Are Easy Do you have eggs, milk, butter in your fridge? Sugar, and chocolate in your cupboard?    Guess…

Ingredients: Bosc Pears Are Boss Part I

2 years ago

Desert Island Cookbook Of all of the pear dessert recipes, this one is the one I have always wanted to…

Ingredients: Florence Knows Pork

2 years ago

One Cannot Live By Art Alone  I have made some notes  from Liz DiGregorio's two intriguing posts about visiting Florence,…

Travel Alert: Dreaming Of Florence – Part II

2 years ago

A Feast For The Eyes My earlier post outlined how I organized a first timers' tour to Florence. I returned…