• farm to table

    [Image description] Early in the season, my daughter had in her CSA box, a kabocha squash. What is kabocha squash? Kabocha squash is a variety of winter squash, based on the Japanese variety Cucurbita...

  • from the garden

    [Image description] As I was leaving for the gym the other day, a neighbor stops me and offers me a zucchini from her garden. I was delighted for the offer and my thoughts immediately turned to zucchini...

  • make it seasonal, make it local

    [Image description] I had a temporary lapse of memory this morning so I emailed my husband several options for supper this evening. (I forgot that last night we agreed on grilled steak, Jersey corn and...

  • a better burger?

    [Image description] The opportunities to try new recipes this summer has been great. I was growing tired of the usual summer fare of burgers and basic grilled chicken. In Signature Tastes of Charleston...

  • new item, new recipe

    - - I'm loving the fact that my new job allows me time to be creative in the kitchen. I don't have the stress of preparing dinner at 11 a.m. any more. Recently I purchased a bottle of Woods' Bourbon...

  • stuffed eggplant parm

    [Image description] I recently caught up on all my back issues of Southern Living Magazine. In the June 2017 issue I found a recipe for stuffed eggplant Parmesan. I had just purchased New Jersey eggplant...