Photography by Victoria Wall Harris Here’s another recipe that was deep in my archives that I still absolutely love, but needed a photo makeover! This is the time of year when I am furiously trying to maximize my consumption of all things summer. The seasonal window for some of my favorite foods is just too…
Last summer, back when we could travel without weighing the pros and cons, I went to visit my daughter who had an internship in Pittsburgh. We were invited to my friend Joaquin’s house for dinner one night. Remember when we could dine with friends indoors and without masks?? Sorry, but I am a little cranky…
Wow. I first posted this in August of 2011! I love this recipe and continue to make it regularly, but the images (not the recipe) needed an upgrade.
All of my meals right now involve tomatoes or zucchini or basil or corn or some combination of these summer stars. This recipe is a big skillet of summertime if I have ever seen one. The flavors are light and bright; the texture juicy and fresh; and we have often eaten this as a meal…
You know when a recipe comes into your life and then it all of a sudden becomes your favorite? You start making it once a week for dinner and then it becomes your go-to when you have friends over? It’s easy and dependable and everyone flips for it. That’s the perfect recipe. This cedar plank…
This post is sponsored by the Florida Department of Citrus. All opinions are my own. When the school year ends, my brain shifts from making breakfast-lunch-dinner mode to wanting to have my friends over for dinner all the time! I stop thinking about sheet pan dinners and batch cooking minestrone soup and instead obsess over…
This is my new salad of the season! I have had friends over on several occasions over the last few weeks and I keep making this salad. It’s BEYOND delicious! Lime speaks to me. I actually like it and use it more than lemon. It reminds me of summer because my parents used…
Who is ready for a bread that is not made from bananas??? Weird how certain recipes trend, don’t you think? During the quarantine, it seemed as though banana bread, sourdough, and more complicated recipes, like babka, were everywhere. I for one, saw the writing on the wall with all the dessert baking: it’s…
This blogpost is updated from one I wrote many, many years ago. I want to be able to have a place where I can direct the same questions I receive over and over again. I am happy to answer those questions, but it is more helpful for people in my community to be able to…
Most people think of produce having seasons, which it does. But wild salmon has a season too, and it just started!!! I do buy frozen wild salmon in the “off-season,” but I prefer it fresh. So from now until late summer/early fall, I will be indulging once a week at minimum in my favorite fish. …