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10 More Favorite Recipes from Mixed Greens Blog
It’s my turn give you ten of my favorite posts. While Sally chose hers mainly for sentimental reasons, I decided to go for more practical reasons. This is a list of recipes that bring me back to the blog over and over to remind myself how I made something. Don’t ask me why I can [...]
On the Local Table: Fresh Corn Chowder
This chowder isn’t tricked up much, it has a little kick, but the familiar taste prevails, in this case fresh corn. We’ve almost turned the corner seasonally speaking. This meal is full of summer’s sweet corn, yet chowdery and comforting, which we might need as soon as next week. I’m just sayin’. When the weather [...]
Say Cheese
Crumbly and creamy textured, veined, sheathed in a grape leaf, soft and gooey, cheeses so appealing I had to sit them down and take their picture. Charisma and character, they have it. It makes sense considering how carefully cheese can be coddled and nudged toward artisinal perfection. As chocolate and a fine glass of wine [...]
Annie’s Birthday Dinner: A Mediterranean Chowder
Not fussy, but worthy, an abundant Mediterranean-style seafood chowder for my sister Annie’s birthday dinner on the first day of spring – also the birthday of my paternal grandmother, who lived to be 100 and who’s life was so blessedly intertwined with ours. A meal with family, including our brother and mother plus a few [...]
Beet Poetry . . . Borscht
Late autumn, cusp of winter, cabbage, potatoes, onions and beets reign. Borscht is in the air. That and jingle bells. When I think about the chunk of my life spent hating borscht, no, hating the idea of borscht. Thankfully, I’d been converted by the time I attended an all beet dinner party last year. Every [...]
A Bowl of Vegetable Broth
At the heart of every good soup is a delicious broth. Gravy, risotto and many of our favorite holiday dishes depend on it. You can buy a decent carton package of broth off the shelf, and believe me, I’ve bought plenty. You can also make your own and use bones, roots and other vegetables that [...]
Ghoulishly Good Food
Some people get excited about decorating for holidays. I, on the other hand, am more interested in the food that’s associated with the season. Halloween can be a tough one if you aren’t into sweets and candy — unless you’re a fan of black food, which I happen to be. I’d eat black lentils over [...]
Earthy Romance, Wild Mushrooms & Farro
Mushrooms in the wild can be an exquisite find. Part of the appeal is the lushness of their immediate surroundings, the delicate moss, decaying leaves, spent pine needles, towering trees, and the quiet. If a soup composed of edible wild mushrooms, farro and a few herbs could be the culinary complement of that scene . [...]
Hello Fall: Fresh Shell Beans
As the days shorten, my cravings for warm, comforting foods have begun, right on cue. Just a few weeks ago, a big salad was perfectly satisfying, but now I’m starting to think more and more about cooking a big pot of something warm to eat throughout the week. I can’t lie. I haven’t exactly been [...]
Jerry’s Golden Stock
I’ve been cooking for a long time and until now had never made a bona fide vegetable stock. Yikes. I make chicken stock and use dried mushroom stock or plain water as a base for many dishes, but never a vegetable stock. I once experienced store bought stock that looked murky and terrible and I [...]
