My favorite autumn food ingredient is by far is the pumpkin. As a matter of fact, there is just something about all types of winter squash (acorn, butternut, banana, delicate, hubbard, Kabocha, etc.) that I find comforting and delicious. After all, these yellow and orange hued members of the cucurbitaceae family (includes cucumbers, melons & […]
Summer Sweet Corn
Sweet corn will forever be one of my summer time food staples. Perhaps that is because I grew up in the heart of corn country, Nebraska. Although I didn’t grow up on a farm, I remember running through friends’ corn fields, selecting the choicest ears for our dinner table. That corn was amazingly sweet […]
Tarka Dal
Last week I reorganized my spice rack (as you are well aware, since I KNOW you’ve all read last weeks blog), which I understand to most people sounds about as interesting as watching paint dry. But with very few exceptions I’m not like most people – I loved it. Creating order out of chaos and […]