Now that the kitchen is up and running there is one small appliance I miss. About a zillion years ago I tried to make some margaritas and my...

photo courtesy Nadine Bouler We were very excited to meet the stylish Nadine Bouler and her husband, leading Long Island "green...

Huntington Farmers' Market on Sunday morning - a gathering place for good food, chatty neighbors and friendly dogs Lots of samples and a...

a peck of pickled peppers and a pint of Maine blueberries and made spicy peppers, ice cream.... and picalilli The part of Peter Piper was pl...

It's summer and in spite of the thunderstorms and pouring rain I have been making a batch of ice cream every week. Last week it was a re...

So by now you have realised that I was in Kansas City for a couple of days. The raison d'etre for the midwest excursion was a little bu...

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Shuttlecocks Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Louise Bourgeois Spider Kansas City kicked my butt, culturally an...

It's been a while since I posted anything food-related on the blog. A combination of laziness, greed (do you realise we have to wait to ...