A few caramelized onions, a bit of shaved pecorino pepato, and no one will notice the supermarket pastry in your gorgeous tomato tart.
Here’s three dishes made with classic farmers’ market stuff, but worth a bit of extra effort. I wrote about them in the News, agonizing over how to make the most of my three [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 28, 2008
Farmers’ market recipes: Tomato tart, corn pudding and plum buckle
August 17, 2008
Video: Refrigerator pickles recipe
Watch this video to make simple refrigerator pickles that are ready in three days, no boiling required.
August 16, 2008
Recipe: Refrigerator pickles can even conquer zucchini
Sweet, crunchy – healthy? Whoa, that can’t be right. But pickles help us eat our veggies.
Zucchini was ruined for me when I was 10. My family, with five children, was just getting by in the wilds of Western New York. We knew a farm family that kindly gave us vegetables they couldn’t sell. Misshapen but [...]
August 7, 2008
Souvlaki recipe and tzatziki tips: Know your Greek classics
This … is … souvlaki.
Here’s one of my most requested recipes, just before the summer runs out. The Buffalo News video of me making it is here.
This recipe is for the Greek classic souvlaki, or kebabs, with tzatziki, yogurt-cucumber sauce flavored with fresh dill and garlic.
You have to drain the yogurt and squeeze the [...]
