What do I do when it seems our country is spiraling toward tyranny, I feel as if I’ve accomplished nothing during my time on earth, and it’s 4 pm on Sunday?
I reassert some control over my life.
I bake muffins.
Category: Recipes
Last Gasp Gazpacho
Today is the last day of summer, but there is still time to get tomatoes and make gazpacho. It was 88 degrees in New York City today, so one more cool soup is in order before we get cozy!
Tomatoes!
Somehow in the midst of all the late summer activity I have failed to talk about tomatoes. I have been eating them. And cooking them. In fact, let me back up and say that the main reason I haven’t talked about tomatoes here is because I have been busy hunting them down, like defenseless prey.
The Sweet and the Savory
Ripe cantaloupe, fresh herbs and a drizzle of white wine vinegar and olive oil over lettuce make a cooling combo on a hot summer night.
Vegetable Redemption
In a fit of vegetable enthusiasm I recently bought my first cucumber of the season. It was a near-perfect specimen, with hardly a blemish upon its glossy green skin.
