Bruschetta is one of the simple pleasures when dining. Chopped tomatoes, combined with garlic, and olive oil. A few leaves of fresh basil. The bruschetta is actually the grilled bread. The topping of tomatoes and other ingredients has come to be known as bruschetta. This is a variation of bruschetta featuring our food of the moment. More … Continue reading
Maybe you don’t think of using your grill for dessert. You should. There are all sorts of irresistible combinations that only get better on the grill. Take a classic combination of pound cake with a fruit compote on top. Perfect for a summer night of outdoor dining. A compote is made when fruit is stewed in a type of … Continue reading
There’s your musical theater reference to kick off the month. Do you know what show has that song in the score? (Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” in case you’re wondering.) Last Saturday we were bundled in the stands watching big brother’s track meet. Today, one week later, it was 93 degrees in the shade of the stands. The month of June … Continue reading
I can remember some soggy Memorial Day weekends. But a cold holiday weekend? This was a first. My little guy and I shivered at his brother’s track meet. We tried to duck the winds and clutched our styrofoam cups of hot chocolate. It rained on and off. After big brother won first place in the 100 … Continue reading
Another busy weekend. My older guy ran for the track team and did his first 800 meter for the season. That probably had something to do with him asking for steak for dinner. The botanical garden, in the neighborhood, was having their annual plant sale. The guys wanted to “surprise” me for Mother’s Day. When it’s plant … Continue reading
Play ball! As April is known to do, it teases us with warm weather one moment, and then changes in an instant. My guys get tired of the “Do-I-need-a-jacket-today?” morning check-ins. April means it’s time to get the fishing gear out. The guys like to head off to some of the local ponds and see what they can catch. … Continue reading
There’s the dining room table. It tends to get buried under a blizzard of school notices that come home in backpacks. Really buried. We decided that brunch worked well for everyone for Easter. We would go with Eggs Benedict with the “Holidays” sauce. You read the last post, right? As I said before, I was hoping my … Continue reading
Nothing signals spring like asparagus. Spring was in the air last weekend. We planned a menu with one of the treats of the season. Sometimes we make asparagus with crumbles of hard-boiled egg, with diced red onion, mellowed in red wine vinegar. We like to dress asparagus in some extra virgin olive oil and a dash … Continue reading
Soup’s on. The calendar says the spring season is three weeks away. Yet, winter is dumping some last-minute snow on us in the next few days. And it has been cold and windy. Maybe it was the chill in the air. The guys wanted tomato soup and “special cream.” It is a cold-weather favorite for them. The … Continue reading
“Are we going out for dinner tonight?” the guys asked. No way. Valentine’s Day is a time for some extra love for my boys. But, not at inflated prices. The same dinner, and the same flowers, are half the price the next day. We experimented with hamburger hearts for a Valentine’s dinner last year and … Continue reading
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