Monthly Archives: August 2010 At last count, I own more than 100 cookbooks. (At one point I owned over 300, but that’s another story.) I was once asked if I had cooked from most of them. My answer was that I hadn’t. I love cookbooks because of all the creative flavor possibilities they contain. I’ll pour over them for...  Checca (pronounced kekka) is Italian for an uncooked tomato salad with herbs. Picture summer’s ripest tomatoes dressed with a drizzle of olive oil and a handful of fresh basil, punctuated with minced garlic. It’s the kind of dish you eat with a fork in one hand and hunks of warm focaccia in the other. Simple,...  This one is for Cheryl and Ed. Yesterday I was looking for a snack and realized I had all the ingredients for one of my favorite veggie spreads, muhammara, as well as a favorite bruschetta topping, checca. Muhammara is a Middle Eastern collaboration that highlights the sweetness of roasted red peppers, the pungency of fresh...  This was another dish inspired by our weekly trip to the farmers market. There are so many vegetable booths to choose from at the market that it is sometimes a little overwhelming. How does one decide on what to buy and from whom? But when I walked into the Radical Roots booth, it was a...  We try to get to the farmers market every Saturday. Our most recent find was a super fragrant cantaloupe that completely filled the car with it’s sweet aroma on our ride home. I know, I know. Posting a recipe for fruit salad is rather silly. But isn’t it the prettiest? I couldn’t pass up the... |
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