Food, Travel, and Cooking!
These days at #5 we seem to be eating cherry tomatoes 24/7. I’ve been wanting to make these tarts all summer and finally did! And are we glad I did…they were so good! Whipped up a green salad…dinner! You can easily double the recipe to make 8 servings. The best time to make this is […]
It’s the season once again to haul out our jars and get canning and preserving! And I am so glad to see a resurgence of interest in people taking it up! Domenica Marchetti has recently published a new book “Preserving Italy” that’s filled with delicious recipes. The household I grew up in had a pantry […]
In Mexico, this is known as Albondigas sopa. Albondigas are meatballs. The soup is very, very good! If you like it a little bit hotter, use a hotter salsa, or add a finely chopped jalapeno or serrano chili when sauteeing the onions. Make some guacamole & salsa to serve with corn chips and there you go! Makes […]
There is not a hope in hell that I can’t blog about tomatoes. Where in the world would I be without them or where would the world be without them? My husband says we have tomatoes in some form or other every day…hmmm…he’s probably right. I can’t help it. I have always been addicted to the […]
I may have mentioned that I adore tomatoes! It’s called “summer’s bounty” for a reason! I had lunch with a few friends not long ago and when I saw this on the menu I could almost feel my blood pressure rising. Am I the only person out here who is driven crazy by this? There seems to […]
Not too long ago my facebook friend Roz Coreri Paige posted that she had won a contest for her Italian style tomato pie, which brought to mind Laurie Colwin’s Tomato Pie that I have wanted to make for I can’t tell you how long, I just never quite got there! So I searched through my […]
For a printer friendly version of this recipe, click here Guess what I found while rummaging around in my freezer? You guessed it, the carcass from the roast turkey! Some people don’t like okra; I don’t happen to be one of them! If you don’t have a turkey carcass, simply buy turkey drumsticks and wings and […]
We’ve said goodbye, sadly, to summer once again but I don’t necessarily want to barge ahead and make stew! We are still working on the last of those fabulous Sungold tomatoes and Romanesco zucchini from our garden! When you grow zucchini, you really need to have a plan! Every time you step into the garden, there are more! So […]
For a printer friendly version of this recipe, click here. A good salsa is a wonderful thing! This version has both grape tomatoes and Sungold’s from the plants in our backyard. It certainly makes an eye catching and delicious salsa! Terrific on burritos, tacos or as a topping for grilled fish or chicken. You know […]
For a printer friendly version of this recipe, click here. August, local tomatoes, homemade pasta (if possible), fresh basil, definitely a summer pasta, yum! If making your own pasta, make the dough with 4 eggs. If you wish, you can add 2 oz. julienned prosciutto but I prefer just the tomatoes, just because! For a […]