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Po’s Easy Pots de Crème
For your consideration: Po's Easy Pots de Crème. Po is my mother-in-law and she is a master of complicated dinner party timing. None of the slatternly boozing it up with the help in the kitchen...
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Grilled Skirt Steak with Spicy Green Romesco
As you read this, we're feverishly running around dropping off the animals, picking up last-minute compact flash cards, camera batteries and a new swimsuit. This afternoon we fly off on vacation, to...
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Summer Berries and Sabayon
Making Summer Berries with Sabayon is about as easy as dessert gets. The only thing easier would be to eat the berries with nothing, or just whipped cream. But then you wouldn't get the texture of...
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Easy Antipasto – Peaches and Prosciutto with Fresh Mozzarella and Mint Pesto
Local Massachusetts peaches seem increasingly old-fashioned to me, meaning that you make a mess when you eat one (unless a nearby vendor gives you slices) and while they taste sweet they also have...
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RICOTTA, CINNAMON, HONEY, ORANGE
After a week of biking through Sardinia with Ciclismo Classico, I have to say the island resists being pinned down. Rural Sardinia puts on a deceptively simple face - sleepy villages, delicious basic...
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GRILLED BLUEFISH AGRODOLCE
Okay, I admit it--I love fishy fish. You can keep catfish, but once that's off the table, I'll eat everything else. Bring on the sea urchin roe, mackeral, fresh sardines and all swimming things...
View ArticleBucatini with Sardines, Fennel and Breadcrumbs
In these days of masked excursions and social distancing the only thing that ought to be packed together like sardines in a can is. . . sardines in a can. Except that now you can invite them out for...
View ArticleBaked Scrod with Yogurt Mayonnaise
Salt and pepper scrod, smear on the yogurt-mayo combo and throw it in the oven. Wait a bit, then add a pound of asparagus (two pounds works too), just so you don't have a meal that's white fish on...
View ArticleTRAHANA WITH TOMATOES, FETA AND A LITTLE SPICE
How often do you discover something delicious from a part of the world you know and you've never even heard of it? That's the case with trahana for us, from Greece.
View ArticleSeared Scallops with Garam Masala Creamed Corn
Garam Masala is subtle. No one would mistake this for curry. It's more like a warm summer welcome that announces the flavor of scallops and corn, hands you a drink and a fork, and then gets out of the...
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