Back to school. Back to craziness. With this sweltering heat, the last thing you might want to do is cook, but as I crave some crisp fall days, I can at least write about how to make that task easier and of course enjoyable. We all have our shortcuts in the kitchen. Maybe it's using some prepared ...
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Zucchini Blossom and Ribbon Summer Salad
I've written much about the sudden and mysterious ways inspiration will strike. Whether it's the taste of something exotic or a new use for the mundane, you never know when or how it might happen but suddenly it will. Working full time, going through the process of a divorce and a big move, I ...
Zucchini Ribbon and Blossom Salad
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Creamy Corn Empanadas
Another fabulous freezer friendly (say that three times!) use for sweet summer corn, these crispy Corn Empanadas are filled with a blend of flavors which place corn on the pedestal it deserves. I love to stuff ingredients into some kind of wrapper -- dumplings, spring rolls and empanadas are my ...
Craving Everything Corn
From the time I take my last bite of summer fresh corn, I crave the taste all year long. It may only take another nine months until I get to savor the sugary sweet flavors again, but a bit of delayed gratification only enhances my enjoyment as I pull back the husk and take my first crisp bite of ...
Summer Cooking & Savoring Farm Fresh
Upon my return from the Algarve, I've felt myself in a race against time. As the farms abound with my favorite ingredients -- corn, zucchini, beets and tomatoes -- I'm hustling to create as much as I can. Needless to say, my freezer is stuffed with farm fresh everything, from gazpacho and blueberry ...
Restaurant Worthy Ravioli
When you’ve got a pro at the helm, cooking with friends shines in all its glory. And when it’s Lou Palma at the helm, the sunshine can be blinding it’s so glorious. Now, Debbie and I are no amateurs when it comes to making ravioli. We’ve got it down pretty darn pat when it’s just the two of us in a ...
Savor Summer in a Two-Bite Morsel
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I’ve waited ten months to sink my teeth into a just-picked piece of sweet Jersey corn. And I have to say it’s been worth the wait. There’s few culinary pleasures (at least for me) which match the delightful pleasure which comes with that sugary and explosive squirt which comes as I bite into a sweet ...