Don’t be intimidated by the high cost of owning your own lobster. With the following recipes, one good-sized lobster will go the distance for four people. According to food Authority Waverly Root, the 17th-century New England colonists had more lobsters than almost anything else. “When there was a storm at Plymouth, lobsters piled up in […]
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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.
Herbed Deviled Eggs
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 […]