Tag: vegetarian

Let Your Kids Be – Eggplant Caponata

Let Your Kids Be – Eggplant Caponata

When I was a five- or six-year-old kid, my father occasionally took my two older brothers and I to the Palestra, the arena that opened in 1927 at the University of Pennsylvania, to see Big 5 college basketball games. We would wander in, find our 

Party Food – Baked Brie with Fig, Honey, and Toasted Walnuts

Party Food – Baked Brie with Fig, Honey, and Toasted Walnuts

When I was a little kid, my parents occasionally had parties. They weren’t too frequent because my father was usually in bed by 8:30 pm. But when they did occur, it was often a fundraiser for some candidate for local political office or an impromptu 

Eat the Season – Fried Goat Cheese with Beets, Apples, and Toasted Walnuts

Eat the Season – Fried Goat Cheese with Beets, Apples, and Toasted Walnuts

It may seem obvious, but we should eat the season. In other words, we should eat fruits and vegetables that are in season locally rather than eating produce that has travelled from halfway around the world or all the way across the country. Our food 

A Change of Seasons – Greek Salad Quinoa

A Change of Seasons – Greek Salad Quinoa

As the angle of the sun dips on the horizon and the first golden hues shine from leaves that are nearing their end, the harvest from my garden changes from summer to fall crops. The shift is not sudden. Summer green beans, peppers, and tomatoes 

Variations on a Theme – Tomato with Fried Breadcrumbs and Basil Oil

Variations on a Theme – Tomato with Fried Breadcrumbs and Basil Oil

Many of the things we eat are variations on a theme; the same type of ingredient that gets spiced, sauced, or wrapped a little differently each time, but is still, if you break it down, a similar idea. There is a myriad of types of 

Shakshuka

Shakshuka

Unlike my wife Marci, who ate a soft-boiled egg every single day when she was a young child, I don’t remember what my parents prepared for me for breakfast on weekdays when I was an adolescent. We didn’t have sugary cereals in the house, nor 

Searching for Schnitzel – German Potato Salad

Searching for Schnitzel – German Potato Salad

Last year my daughter, Ariana, spent the spring semester of her junior year in college abroad. She went to Berlin. Of course being good parents of a child so far away, we had to pay a visit. The city was lovely; cultured, vibrant, and scenic, 

Summer Refreshment – Watermelon with Feta

Summer Refreshment – Watermelon with Feta

I don’t need to tell anyone that the heat and humidity of July and August in New York is unbearable, and getting worse in a climate changing world. The air is as hot and thick as split pea soup, hearty and warming in winter, but 

Dilly Beans – Pickled Green Beans

Dilly Beans – Pickled Green Beans

Overabundance in the garden is a problem I can deal with. To even use the word ‘problem’ is a stretch. Nonetheless, when there is too much of a given crop in the heart of its harvesting season, the gardener must find a way to use 

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