March 24, 2020
arroz caldo recipe, filipino chicken rice soup

During this unprecedented time of sheltering in place due to the coronavirus, I find myself even...

March 6, 2018
Asian Chicken Salad with Fried Shallots

I'm a sucker for Vietnamese and Thai salads, especially those that combine sour, salty, sweet...

November 10, 2016
Vietnamese-style Duck Soup

We have soup for dinner at least one night a week - in the summer it's chilled, garden fresh...

November 2, 2016
Tomato Soup

Marcella Hazan (the queen of authentic Italian cooking) uses butter in her tomato sauce, which I...

May 4, 2016

With warm days and cool nights of spring, we are so busy on the farm. It's an exciting time to...

May 4, 2016

My children are weird. They talk about eating from the garden as if it was  special treat they...

March 27, 2016

Using up the leftover ham from Easter is always delicious. I carve the ham and save the bone for...

March 4, 2016

For decades, three generations of my family has gotten Chinese takeout from a little hole-in-the-...

February 29, 2016

Broccoli is one of the most underrated vegetables at the market. Often, you hear about this crunchy...

February 15, 2016

It's cold. By cold I mean below zero, snow blowing, wind chill factor cold with no end in sight...

February 8, 2016

Finding recipes that are kid friendly can be a challenge, especially when you need them meatless...

January 16, 2016

By now we have all been schooled on the healthy way to eat. The problem is, between work and extra...

January 11, 2016

Blood oranges are a seasonal fruit that has a rich, red color and a distinctively berry/citrus...

December 26, 2015

With the first holiday behind us, now our thoughts turn to New Year's Eve and the party fare....

December 9, 2015

Quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) is known as one of the World's healthiest foods, but it's also...

December 3, 2015

The first snow of the season is finally falling on our Maine farm. It's time to break out the...

November 4, 2015

Make no bones about it, bone broth is a huge trend right now and for good reason. It’s...

October 10, 2015

Fall is the best beet harvest of the season. Spring beets are tasty, but the cold weather sweetens...

July 11, 2015

The wonderful thing about the garden season is that you have such a variety of foods that need...

May 19, 2015

Spring eating is fresh and healthy. The farmer's markets are filling up with fresh produce, and...

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