Meatless Monday: Summer Vegetables+Pasta+Pesto=Dinner

I know that I have written a lot about pesto recently. Long-time readers should know that I will put it on almost any vegetable. Which, as far as I am concerned, makes pesto a most versatile kitchen ally when you are striving to eat more vegetarian meals. Basically, the versatility of pesto as a sauce […]

Summer Berry Crisp

This recipe is not an original; I adapted it from a recipe I found on All Recipes a while back and have meant to make it ever since. But, until last weekend, when I was presented with a stellar combination of summer fruits–the last of the summer’s blueberries, fresh wild blackberries, both golden and red […]

Meatless Monday: Kale and Fingerling Potato Hash

This is a super-simple dish which you could serve with say grilled or broiled stuffed tomatoes or summer squash topped with a bit of grated cheese. Or, really, for a light lunch, you could have it alone. You can also add sliced shiitake or regular button mushrooms to this to give even more oomph to […]

The Flavor of Memory: Lamb And Rice Filled Grape Leaves

On Sunday, I had a powerful desire for rice and lamb stuffed grape leaves–dolmathes, (or dolmades) as they say in Greek, or dolma in Turkish. Actually, dolma is just a general name for stuffed leaves, fruits or vegetables, stuffed grape leaves are more properly called yaprak dolma. And I wanted them home-made, none of those […]

Rethinking Rabbit

Saturday while I was browsing the farmer’s market, I was stopped by the manager, and among other things, was asked to talk to a local farmer who has just diversified into raising rabbits in addition to hogs and chickens about possibly working on his behalf to get local chefs to feature his rabbits in their […]

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