It's Day 3 of Thanksgiving Revisited! We're moving right along here. If you've been reading this blog for a while you know that I am not a fan of doing dirty dishes. I love spreading out in the kitchen and making a beautiful mess. But I have a hard time facing a big stack in…
This is day 2 of my "Thanksgiving Revisited" series... a tad late but my airplane to New York didn't have wifi, gasp, the outrage!I have a pumpkin fetish, I bought so many this year just to look at. And I like a good pumpkin dessert as much as the next girl. But I think we…
This week I'm doing a series of Thanksgiving recipes before I announce some big news next week. Get ready!I'm going to call this series "Thanksgiving Revisited: How to spice up your Thanksgiving dinner."It includes a lot of the usual food themes but with a little twist or two.First off, is the wonderful irreplacable cranberry dish.…
These are the facts that we know:1. There was an apple tree and a pear tree growing nicely outside the cabin minding their own business. They were producing nice fruit and dropping it on the ground at their leisure.2. In the morning there were claw marks down the side of the pear tree and most…
I've decided that I might be insane. For example, I drove up to Dallas last night after attending a very important pumpkin carving party where I ate ribs and chicken legs like a cave woman.I couldn't tell how fast I was going because for some reason the speedometer on my car changed to kilometers so…
I first learned about Farmer Al and Frog Hollow Farm while working on my book Food Heroes. I was told by a legendary explorer of good taste that hands down the best fruit in the country came from there. My friend had in fact done years of research on this and went on to introduce…
Part of that big garden my brother and I did this year at Tulipwood was a pumpkin patch. And look how it turned out:(photo by Gordon Pellegrini)I love it when things turn out well. There are some late watermelons mixed in there too. Maybe we'll carve a watermelon too and freak people out.I love pumpkins…
These are the peppers from my garden this year. You can call me Peter Piper. Thank you.
Pickled Peppers:The truth is, that they were planted by my brother's mischievous friend Francesco. But Francesco dropped off the radar screen sometime in mid-summer when the weeds became unruly and it was time to separate the men from…
Because it's Monday.Because I decided to try a beverage last night that may or may not have contained vanilla vodka. And may or may not have tasted like candy...Because the best things in life have a little sweet and a little tang...I'm sharing a simple recipe that can be thrown together in a cinch and…