Editor's Note: This is a reprint of a Blog Post published a year ago on the Mayflower and a visit to the Churchill Rooms on a sister site, GourMay.net, which documents one of our trips to Great Britain. Slightly irreverent, this blog post is pitched more to our family than ...
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Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms with Balsamic Vinegar
Spring is a wonderful time to enjoy fresh asparagus, particularly with aged balsamic vinegar. In a recent Food and Wine magazine, I discovered a wonderful recipe for roasted asparagus and mushrooms from Sarah Grueneberg.We had an opportunity to sample this delicious recipe ...
Ramps and Gruyere Omelette
I know for sure that Spring has arrived when I am served an omelette with ramps (wild baby leeks) and Gruyère cheese for breakfast. Now, I have eaten hundreds of omelettes, but springtime ramps make all the difference in the world. For those unfamiliar with ramps, they grow along ...
Jane Butel’s Blue Heaven Chili
I subscribe to Jane Butel's newsletter and recently received a wonderful recipe for Blue Haven Chili, which Jane will showcase at a March 2018 cooking classes at her Corrales kitchen in New Mexico. If you are looking for authentic ingredients, make sure you visit Pecos Valley ...
Barley and Spinach Salad from Food and Wine
I must confess that I can rarely bring myself to throw away a Food magazine. My husband complains a bit and suggests that I organize my favorite recipes in loose-leaf binders, but I procrastinate. In any event, my procrastination generally results in some wonderful meals and this ...
Red Cabbage, Apples, Bacon by Jamie Oliver
My husband adores the recipes of Jamie Oliver. Personally, I find that he is a bit footloose with the measurements, but his insistence on using fresh seasonal products makes all of the difference in his cooking.I particularly like his "heavy" vegetable recipes. Let's face ...
French Carrot Salad with White Balsamic Vinegar
A recent issue of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street asks "Whatever Happened to Grated Carrot Salad?" I agree, it was one of those dishes that was quite popular in the 1950s and 1960s, but for some reason disappeared off the culinary season.Frankly, we are delighted that ...
Jamie Oliver’s Overnight Roasted Pork for Easter
Aside from its religious significance, Easter - in my mind - marks the beginning of spring. Easter will be a bit early this year, but like most of us I am anxious to put this particularly dreary winter behind us. Hopefully, the crocuses, daffodils and (possibly) tulips will ...
Sedgemoor Easter Cookies: An Old English Recipe
Easter would simply not be the same without Sedgemoor Easter Cookies, I discovered these a few years ago when reading an amusing article in the New York Times which described how Amanda Hesser met her eventual husband's mother: It was her recipe passed down from other inspired ...
Thoughts on Last Year’s Visit to England
Editor's Note: This is a reprint of a Blog Post published a year ago on a sister site, GourMay.net, which documents one of our trips to Great Britain. Slightly irreverent, this blog post is pitched more to our family than readers of Gourmet Living. Nevertheless, it has some ...
Updated Salisbury Steak from Tamar Adler
I don't know about you, but I haven't had Salisbury steak since I last visited a cafeteria many years ago with my grandmother. There was something decidedly bleak and unappetizing about overcooked hamburger meat covered in a mushroom sauce with far too much salt and ...
Variations on Healing Bowls with Turmeric Sweet Potatoes
Meal "bowls" have become quite popular at emerging health food chains. In effect, you pick your legumes, vegetables and protein and then choose from a number of dressing options.I prefer to make my own bowls at home and recently discovered a wonderful recipe from Pinch of ...