Garlic

I’m so excited! This is my first Secret Recipe Club (SRC) post! I have been jealously watching other food bloggers’ secret recipe club posts and just dying for my little …

I got in a fight with my teenage son this afternoon … it was, as usual, a very emotionally charged exchange. We were both livid by the time we left …

My mom gave me one of her beautiful white eggplant. The first time she gave me one, my foodie sister was there and she looked at me and said, “the …

The color of this soup turned out a little funny since I used yellow tomatoes … I think with red tomatoes it would be a much prettier orangey color. But …

I have always wanted to make one of those funky flat focaccia breads with the tomatoes baked right into the top. So today I just did. It is lovely to …

I really really love potatoes. In most any form, but especially mashed or twice baked. At Thanksgiving, I put way more mashed potatoes and stuffing on my plate than turkey …

… with the simplest crust EVER … (and it’s healthy too!) Have I mentioned that I am terrible at pie crusts? I hate making them … they always turn out …

A while ago I gave my sweet friend Camille some eggplant and she told me she made Ratatouille Pasta with it. She showed me the recipes she used, and described …

and a wealth of other seasoning mixes from my friend Carla In general, I am not fond of chain restaurant food–I prefer to sample the local fare wherever I am–but …

My parents came to visit this weekend and with them they brought SO much beautiful bounty from their garden: peppers, onions, potatoes, eggplant, turnips, tomatoes, yellow watermelon, butternut squash. They …