Because I couldn’t possibly fit all the wonderful things that went on at the Food Blog Forum in Asheville, NC into one post, I decided to break my account up into a few smaller, more manageable bites. This is the second post in my series on the 2014 Food Blog Forum in Asheville, and here’s …
In the South, we love our tomato sandwiches, and at my house, my husband and I are no different. Wait. That’s a lie. While it may be true that in the South, we love our tomato sandwiches, in this house, we are a house divided against itself on the topic of Tomato Sandwiches. I hope …
In this post, I’ll offer you seven basic tips that I used to help myself be a better cook. My Nest is Nearly Empty So many of my friends are finding, as I am, that as our kids get older and begin to leave the nest, we have more time in our days than we …
What Can I Do with All This Zucchini? This recipe for Roasted Ratatouille Tart gloriously combines all the riches of your summer garden/CSA. Which is another way of saying that this recipe will help you deal with the Curse of the Overly Zealous Zucchini – the affliction by which many of you are currently plagued. …
Want to learn how to pair various types of wines with your favorite cheeses? This wine and cheese pairing chart will make your job a whole lot easier! Read on! My love of cheese knows no bounds! And summer grilling season is a perfect time to start the meal with a casual appetizer. What could …
This recipe for making homemade guacamole is quick, easy, and delicious, and I even included a video for you, to show you how I do it. After making this for years, I have discovered a few secrets, that I’d like to pass along to you. My Five Secrets for Making Great Homemade Guacamole Secret #1: …
Farmers Market Salad with Spiced Goat Cheese Medallions is a beautiful composed salad, that makes the best of all that great summer produce that’s available. All summer long, I have been reaping the benefits of someone else’s labor, and loving every minute of it, especially with recipes like this one. I refer to the glorious …
Peach Pit Jelly should probably be called Peach Peel and Pit Jelly, but Peach Pit Jelly is …well…pithier. Plus, for those of you who abhor food waste (and I am with you on that!) this delicious, beautiful jelly uses just about all of the lovely peach, toe to tip! Or peel to pit, rather. …
This Grilled Eggplant, Red Pepper and Fresh Mozzarella Ciabatta Sandwich recipe is super simple in terms of preparation, and the payoff is HUGE! You’ll taste crusty bread, meaty grilled eggplant, sweet and pungent roasted red peppers, melty-creamy-dreamy mozzarella, and the zingy bite of creamy garlic mayo. Yowzer! This one is definitely going into our summer …
Today my friend Denny Jiosa, wine connoisseur and jazz guitarist extraordinaire is recommending some great wines for early summer. The recipe I’ve chosen to pair with these offerings is Grilled Ratatouille Pasta, and you can find that here. Or, you can just enjoy in one of my most favorite ways to enjoy a glass of …
Grilled Ratatouille Pasta with Roasted Garlic and Fresh Mozzarella is a recipe that contains all the flavors that, to me, are quintessentially summer. Behold the brilliant colors (and flavors) of summer! Love it! Grilled Ratatouille? It’s almost officially summer, my friends, and the tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and eggplant will be rolling in before you know …
Quick, Easy Grilled Fish Tacos with Spicy Slaw is a delicious, healthy weeknight meal, that you can throw together in 30 minutes. Free Fish! Sometimes, life brings you a very nice windfall. In our case, it was a very nice fishfall. No, that’s not a real word. It’s an old saying that I just made …
My Salad with Navy Beans, Goat Cheese, Grape Tomatoes and Warm Bacon Vinaigrette is a light summer dinner recipe. It’s more of a meal than a salad. After all, in the dog days of summer, isn’t it wonderful to have a nice, cool salad for dinner sometimes? This one’s so good, you’l want to enjoy …
Extravagantly Excellent Eggplant Parmigiana I can hear you now: Eggplant Parmigiana? Eggplant??? I HATE eggplant! And honestly, at one point in my life, I would have said exactly the same thing. I grew up hating eggplant. I was raised, in fact, on the hatred of eggplant. Nasty, bitter, detestable stuff, eggplant. I was disgusted by …
Warm Grilled Potato Salad with Kalamata Olives and Parmigiano Reggiano is the best potato salad I’ve ever had! It’s totally unique, and this, alone, would make any grilling occasion special. Warm Potato Salad? Really? Yes, really! This side dish is one of my family’s favorites when we’re grilling out. We love it with ribs, or …