Month: May 2022

Homegrown Strawberries – Macerated Berries with Vanilla Cream

Homegrown Strawberries – Macerated Berries with Vanilla Cream

When our contractor was rebuilding our porch one spring after the old rotting one almost ripped away from our house in an ice storm the previous winter, I had just added a 4 x 4 foot raised bed of strawberries to the garden. The porch 

My Early Spring Garden – Arugula, Fig Jam, and Burrata on Grilled Garlic Toasts

My Early Spring Garden – Arugula, Fig Jam, and Burrata on Grilled Garlic Toasts

I can only imagine what it would have been like for my ancestors – both the caveman types thousands of years ago, wherever they were, and those just over a century or so before, in little villages somewhere in what is now Ukraine. After a 

A Quality Sandwich – Breaded Chicken Cutlet, Broccoli Rabe, Melted Provolone, and Hot Pickled Peppers on Ciabatta

A Quality Sandwich – Breaded Chicken Cutlet, Broccoli Rabe, Melted Provolone, and Hot Pickled Peppers on Ciabatta

The meatloaf sandwiches that my brothers and I were compelled to take for school lunch – lest we starve – were lacking in several components that make sandwiches such fine fare for a midday meal. In fact, they were so bad that they have become