Rhubarb is always my harbinger of spring. When it shows up, I know that it is time to start planting my garden and switch from dark beers to gin cocktails. It is also one of those blink-and-you-miss-it kind of ingredients. There have been years when I didn’t snatch it up…
Every spring I feel like I come back alive after partially hibernating during the winter. I’m solar powered and I need my sunshine to function properly. So I watch closely for all signs that winter is over. My cue that spring is really here is when my herb garden starts…
Rhubarb is a relatively new discovery in my food arsenal. It is so seasonal that it makes a flash appearance in early spring and by the time it ends up on my radar it is gone. Every year. So, I finally learned. I saw some and immediately put some in…
This post originally appeared as a guest post on Love to Be in the Kitchen‘s Blog as she welcomed a new little one into her home. I loved it so much that I had to share it here (especially since I have been on a ricotta kick recently) Spring is…
When Italy comes to mind, Italian food is not far behind. And then next thoughts tend towards pasta. Or gelato. Or cheese. Or pizza. Or gelato. (Yes, gelato is deserving of a double mention, since I tend to eat it twice daily when I am there) The thing missing from…
I know, April Fools was yesterday… I in no way wanted to take away from the time honored tradition of practical joking, spoof websites and twitter rumors flying around the internet. Instead I thought I would take April 2nd as the day to reintroduce everyone to a time honored English…
I had a day to myself recently and decided to spend it doing nothing but cooking – not for the blog, not because I needed to figure out dinner, but for no other reason than I wanted to spend a morning luxuriating in the kitchen. Almost my entire life revolves…
I have talked before about not being much of a baker. I think it stems from the fact that I can’t follow a recipe verbatim to save my life. I am always tinkering. It works well for me most of the time, but when it comes to the precision needed…