Category: Summer

Grits with Heirloom Tomato Confit and Collard Green Pesto

06 October 2008

One thing I learned pretty quickly while staying out in South Carolina Low Country with a gigantic family is that time on the computer is very hard to come by.  So, here I am, back in Yankee-land after having time on my hands to dream. Due to all the hospitality we got while in the […]

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Curried Cream of Tomato Soup

22 September 2008

When I set out these voluptuous tomatoes yesterday afternoon, my one-year-old son literally came running in from the living room.  “I want it,” he said pointing at them.  The smell of garden-grown tomatoes, like these, in early fall is quite simply intoxicating. He loved getting to wash and pat the tomatoes dry, taking, of course, […]

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Family Brunch: Bacon, Cheddar, and Apple Frittata

21 September 2008

Our fallback meal of choice in this family has got to be the frittata.  It takes almost exactly 15 minutes from the time you start cooking it on the stovetop to the moment it lands on your plate.  Plus, you can use up all of your leftovers from the past few days and come up […]

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Cooking Class Yogurt Parfaits

18 September 2008

Yesterday was glorious here in the City, so we took our cooking class outside to make yogurt parfaits in the park.  One of the best things about making these parfaits is that you can be as over-achieving or as laid back as  you like.   A month back, when peaches were at their peak here, […]

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Apple Ginger Granola

17 September 2008

Because we live in New York City where great farmers’ markets abound, we can walk a few blocks to do the bulk of our produce, dairy, fish, and meat shopping.  Tribecans can pick up seasonal ingredients from March till at least October, sometimes well into November, at the bi-weekly market.   With extravagant gasoline prices, […]

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