I’m trying to hold onto summer as long as possible. But, inevitably, when we get to the last two weeks in August, I sense fall breathing around the corner. Luckily the weather on the east coast has been picture perfect, 85 degree days with no humidity. I’ve become accustomed to leaving the oven in the OFF position as long as possible. That means NO BAKE are the operative words when I’m looking for a dessert option. Yesterday, I worked with a new plant: rhubarb. Mom had a recipe for NO BAKE Strawberry Pie so I figured why not add … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Summer Skillet Corn
August 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
August always reminds me of the bountiful sweet corn harvest. I’ve watched many of the farms on the east end of Long Island transform themselves from barren dirt-covered fields to symmetrical rows of the lush, rigid corn stalks, jutting up towards the sky. Lucky for me, all of the farmer’s markets on the east end of Long Island have set up their “Sweet Corn Here” signs to lure consumers (like me) to check out their selection of ears. Corn ear pyramids piled high on tables decorate the stalls, completing the tail-end summer … [Read more...]
Chilled Blueberry Mint Soup
August 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It's Seriously Soupy Sunday, featuring one of my favorite bloggers Serena, who authors a blog called Seriously Soupy. Serena started Seriously Soupy as a creative outlet for herself after her first daughter was born, which combined her passion for cooking with an interest in learning more about soups and soup making. Since it started she has given soup tours and taught soup classes and has a catologue of over 100 soups on the site! You can join Serena on her Soupy journey at SeriouslySoupy.com and twice a month you can find her here, at My … [Read more...]
Apple Clafoutis
August 17, 2012 By 6 Comments
When I first started sorting through Mom’s recipes, I circled all of the words that (at the time) were completely meaningless to me. Among them: parboiled, pin prick, blanched and CLAFOUTIS. A year later, I’ve since parboiled, pin pricked, blanched and just yesterday, made my first clafoutis! How exciting. In my kitchen-clueless mind, Clafloutis sounded more like some sort of tree fungus rather than a celebrated baked custard French dessert. Apparently, a traditional clafoutis contains cherries arranged in a buttered dish covered with … [Read more...]
