Is everyone out of their turkey-induced haze? Have you all thought of new and exciting ways to eat your Thanksgiving leftovers? Are you hating turkey by now or are you still in love with the bird? They, being magazines, cookbooks, the internet etc. tell you to average one pound of turkey per person for the […]

There is something about potato leek soup that is humbling. It’s cold outside and you pour yourself a cup. You slurp it down while wearing fingerless gloves. Maybe you’re in a barn. It is dusk. Dark clouds are rolling in. It is all very Dickensian. Humor me. That might be the potato leek soup that […]

I recently taught an autumn pie class, and at the end of the course one of my students gave me a vintage Pennsylvania Dutch cookbook she had picked up at an estate sale. I had told the class that I have a fascination with heirloom cookbooks. The book was her thank you for teaching her […]

In the vegetable world, zucchini is a lot like Olivia Newton-John’s character “Sandy” from the 50′s era movie, Grease. On its own it can be a little boring, stable and nutritious, but give it some black spandex pants, and a perm, and Va-Va-Voom! What I’m saying, is that everything needs a little bit of care […]

My sister-in-law doesn’t like rice. What? You may be asking yourself, how can a person dislike something so innocuous. That’s almost like saying you don’t like water– which come to think of it, my sister isn’t all too crazy about. I guess you could say that I come from a family of awkward eaters. But […]