Summer Gumbo
Gumbo - Another one of Clara's favorite dishes, gumbo starts showing up in my kitchen when the summer garden starts to explode and well into the cooler fall and winter [...]
Colcannon
Colcannon - This blissfully simple dish is the epitome of Irish comfort food. Though it often only appears around St. Patrick's Day for many, it's a staple at the Irish [...]
New Year’s Fireworks Noodles
A simple, spicy noodle recipe to help ring in the Asian New Year. Noodles represent longevity-and we all want that, right? Make the sauce a few days ahead and store [...]
Burgundy Mushroom Soup
Warm and nourishing, this soup is great as a meal on its own for a chilly night. The flavor of this soup can be varied [...]
Baked Pumpkin Or Winter Squash
I use a lot of squash and pumpkin in my diet. And this is one of my favorite ways to prepare it, as I’m a bit of a lazy cook. [...]
Roasted Roots With Rosemary, Sage And Balsamic
Roasted roots are a staple for my family in the late summer, fall and winter. You can easily vary this recipe to use other roots like parsnips, rutabagas, or turnips. [...]
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
This soup is light and bright. The sour flavor stimulates the digestion and senses. You control the sour flavor here. I like my soup very lemony, so I usually use [...]
Bodacious Borscht
Vibrant in color and flavor, borscht is a classic middle European soup with nearly as many variations on the recipe as there are languages in Europe. Summer borscht is often [...]
Chicken Salad With Cashews And Grapes
This recipe has saved us a number of times on volleyball weekends. Easy to double and triple it became a must-have in the cooler for one team. The salad is [...]
Ginger Roasted Butternut Squash Puree
Roasting squashes and roots brings out their rich sweetness. This recipe is the epitome of simple autumn comfort. Use any squash you like for this recipe–Acorn, Hubbard, turban or pumpkin. [...]