I’ve been on a bit of a salad binge lately. This is not a New Year’s resolution, mind you – past pandemic resolutions have included eating more...
I’d never given much thought to blenders. My past few have come from Buy Nothing; I think my husband once found one on the bike path. Nope, never...
I think everyone would rather forget the early pandemic days — the isolation and upheaval and outright fear that shut down life as we knew it, in...
A fair number of you contacted me after my last recipe, which was for a fall tartine that called for roasted beets, arugula pesto and pickled...
I’ll be frank, there were too many sanctioned field trips to the apple orchards this year. By mid-September my kitchen table was covered in pounds...
Not every September coincides with soup season, but this year it does. Cool evenings and cool mornings give way to warm days, but I’m still packing...
Cartoonist Charles M. Schultz is often quoted as saying, “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”At this time of...
Back before the plague, I used to volunteer in my son’s first-grade class at Leeds Elementary School on Fridays. This was a strenuous proposition —...
Six months into quarantine, and one of the things I miss most is driving to Nino’s, the Italian spot in Waterbury that my extended family has been...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year … eggplant season!I’m an equal opportunist when it comes to eggplant. Seriously, be it fried or roasted...
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I’m a serious cook. I buy all of the food for my household and prepare every meal. When we entertain, I’m the prep cook, patissier, chef de cuisine...