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Tomatoes used to come just at the beginning of September in Maine. It’s October and they are still on the farmer’s stands. What does this mean? Well, first of all, it means that we get to eat fresh, local tomatoes for a longer season.…

Crab dip makes any event a little more tasty. It can be made in a large quantity, and who does not love a hot dip? When I was invited to a lobster bake on the beach recently, and asked to bring something for an…

Some shop for shoes, some go ga-ga in a grocery store. In reality I do love both, but since this is a food blog, I will stick to the grocery for now. One of my favorite types of grocery stores to go to is…

Basil, freshly grown, vibrant, deep-green, and succulent is at the farmer’s market. I make do with the plant on my kitchen counter in the winter, but at this time of year, I do veer towards the outdoor, garden grown. In reality the flavor may…

Typically in May, we are thinking about summery foods, but this May we have had a few cold days, and soups have been simmering on the stove. In April, Berlin was warm, sunny and the sky turned blue. But then May hit and the…

We are so busy thinking of onions as a seasoning ingredient and part of the aromatic core vegetable group, that we forget they are a vegetable to be savored and enjoyed like any other. Frequently the muse of divine cooking inspration comes to me…

A standard in Spanish and Italian cuisine, a Potato Frittata is an egg-staple that should be added to your recipe repertoire. Every cuisine has it’s egg dishes. From quiche to shakshuka, eggs are a staple the world round. Made in a cast iron skillet…

Curried Vegetables are the perfect way to add a new dimension to seasonal line-blurring vegetables. Summer squash and zucchini are a remainder of summer’s bounty. Maybe this dish is crossing the line of summer to fall, but we are daring in the kitchen and…

The new “it” food: Hassleback Chicken I had never heard of Hasselback chicken, or anything for that matter, until a few months ago. Seeing potatoes and having had foods served in this manner was not totally foreign, but not something that I knew the…

Put this in the fun food category! Stuffed tomatoes are fun.  It’s like a little self-contained food vessel that is filled with flavor. From pescatarian one night to vegan the next, we try to vary our eating patterns.  When starting with a vegan or…