Food
Roast this pork shoulder–rolled around an herb paste of sage, rosemary, thyme, lemon, and garlic–slowly on the grill, giving it an extra hit of smoky flavor by tossing in handfuls of applewood chips.
Food
Herbed Deviled Eggs
Side Dishes
Quinoa Salad with Apples and Kale
Last year, the US Apple Association, an educational and advocacy organization for apple growers, asked me to develop some apple recipes that made use of the fruit in novel and delicious ways. One of my favorites was this quinoa salad studded with kale, pine nuts, sautéed apples, and feta (I’m a big fan of quinoa […]
On a perfect blue-sky summer day, two dozen members of the New England Unit of the Herb Society of America are mingling over coffee and fresh scones in the South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, garden of Eva Sommaripa. It’s almost time for the day’s main event: a talk and tour with their host, who, in these circles, […]
The corn gets sweeter and sweeter as the summer goes on. This dish is my adaptation of a pasta recipe with corn and bacon that Yankee ran back in 2003 — made a little lighter by replacing the cream with a mix of pasta cooking water (a classic Italian technique for sauces) and half-and-half. I […]
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Carrot Bake
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Pesto Chicken
Desserts
Apple-Raspberry Tart
I saw my first apples of the season this week at Volante Farms in Needham, Massachusetts this week. They were lovely little Pristines, a great American variety that was introduced to the market in 1994. Pristines are unusually good keepers for early season apples and they have a nice acidity with pear-like flavor. Now, some […]