I saw this whole red snapper in the display at Whole Foods recently and was overcome with nostalgia for times in my childhood when my mother would cook a whole fish for dinner and it was delicious. I had this idea that I would bring it home, stuff it with a variety of herbs from […]
Recipes
Cool summer desserts: homemade granita and sherbet
I came across this recipe for Honeydew Granita in the paper the other day and couldn’t stop thinking about it. When we were invited over for brunch recently I thought it would be the perfect refresher to bring along on a hot summer day. Only, I didn’t have a honeydew melon on hand. So I […]
Natural Pest Control for the Garden
Something is eating my spinach leaves. I do believe this is the dirty work of little caterpillars, but it could be something else. I know for sure that it is not the work of the baby cat face spider I saw roaming among the leaves of my lettuce garden this spring (we were thrilled to […]
Rainbow Chard Sauteed with Mushrooms
One of my goals with my garden this year is to use the gardening experience to get my kids excited about eating green leafy vegetables. They helped me select the seedlings, prepare the soil, and set the plants. They’ve helped me with the watering and have been excited to check the progress of growth. So […]
Summer Salads
One of my favorite meals is what Elaine on Seinfeld called the “big salad”. The foundation is lettuce, this time picked fresh from my lettuce garden, and then I add a bunch of yummy stuff to it to make it exciting. Yesterday’s salad started with three kinds of lettuce from my garden (romaine, red leaf, […]
