It’s time for a cookout and everyone loves food on a stick! My granddaughter says we all love food on a stick because it is fun to eat! She’s right. The farmers’ markets and farm stands are open. The trees have leafed out and it feels like summer in Vermont, at least most days. One…
Category: To feed a crowd
The Delightful Season of Asparagus
Set the beets aside, please… Just about the time you can’t face cooking another root vegetable, the beautiful green spears of asparagus start peeking out of the newly warmed soil. On a warm day, you can almost watch them grow. It’s just about time! The intense flavor of this fresh vegetable is vastly superior to…
Simple Makeovers of Spring Favorites
Just a few twists, and your grandmother’s recipes can get a new life in the 21st century.
Spring Salad Revival!
It’s spring and we want color! This salad is a rainbow on a plate.
New Twists on Old Recipes
We all have them, old recipe cards, notebooks, maybe even pages torn out of women’s magazines from the 1950s. Whatever the form, the stash of old recipes are family treasures. However, we are sometimes disappointed when we make them, especially if we do a lot of cooking and the food fashion of today does not mesh with that of the Depression era.
