• in between seasons

    - - Although I haven’t posted in the past week, I have been busy cooking. I’m still making fresh tomato sauce once a week as I can’t help but take full advantage of New Jersey’s tomato season. My son...

  • seasonal delights

    - - In the Wall Street Journal’s August 22-23, 2020 edition, there was a recipe for Ricotta, Summer Squash and Fresh Corn Pizza from chef Douglass Williams of MIDA in Boston. This recipe appeared in...

  • september days

    - - ​"By all these lovely tokens September days are here. With summer's best of weather, and autumn's best of cheer." – Helen Hunt Jackson As I awaken each morning at 5 AM, the world is dark with sunrise...

  • late August

    - - - The end of summer brings a bounty of wonderful tomatoes and other vegetables to market. Recently I found on The New York Times cooking app, a recipe for One-Pan Roasted Fish with Cherry Tomatoes....

  • height of summer

    - - ​Since I last posted, my husband and I have become the grandparents of another baby girl. This little gem joins my daughter, son-in-law and her almost three-year-old sister. We had the three-year-old...

  • two quick and easy recipes

    - - On a Tuesday, not Thursday pasta night, I made a new pasta dish for my husband and I. My son-in-law found two interesting recipes at the Good Housekeeping Magazine website. The first is Summer Squash,...