• change in style

    [Image description] ​Now that cooler weather is upon us, I’m ready to change my style of cooking. My daughter participates in a CSA program at Dreyer’s Farms in Cranford. In a recent box of farm fresh...

  • encore, encore

    - - - - - - - ​With the cooler temperatures and a change in seasons, it’s time to bring back autumn favorites. So I baked a batch of Lora’s Ginger Cookiesthe other day. It was a nice change from chocolate...

  • waning days of summer

    [Image description] I’m still eating summer tomatoes on sliced Delicious Orchards English muffin bread with Duke’s mayonnaise. My husband and I are still snacking on cubed watermelon that has been so...

  • from the garden

    [Image description] I spent two days last week cooking and puréeing 50 pounds of plum tomatoes. I’ve been doing this, and freezing the sauce, for a few years now as my husband and I prefer the lightness...

  • what, summer is over?

    [Image description] I can’t believe summer 2019 is over. We had a little more company than in past summers and we thoroughly enjoyed them. I was quite busy cooking this summer, be it for visiting out...

  • what's your beef?

    [Image description] ​In a recent weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, there was a recipe for charred romaine with flank steak and olive tapenade. The recipe appeared in the column called “Slow...