Imagine a table of diners, each enthusiastically poking through a mass of pasta, looking for the ...
The Art and Science of a Good Recipe
A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal. Pat Conroy, author The Recipe Box Yesterday I dug out my old recipe box to find instructions for a Broccoli Rice Casserole that I used to love. I finally found the recipe, but not until I had spent the better part of a snowy…
Salad Greens with Apple, Pomegranate Seeds and Maple Dressing
What’s a Pomegranate? The pomegranate seeds were viewed with suspicion by the girls in my Brownie troop. One of the Girl Scouts said, “I’m not eating that!”, as she stared into the cup of plump, bright red seeds. Another chimed in, “Try them, we eat them all of the time at my Grandma’s house –…
Best Black Bean Soup
Souvenir Eating Have you ever had a meal that you could still taste years later? Maybe not physically taste, but at least recall the surprise at that first bite…the texture as it entered your mouth, the unexpected spice that lingered after you swallowed. I consider these rare moments of eating, the best kind of souvenir….