Caramelized Oranges – Guaranteed Cheer
You will read many, many, many accounts of how this virus is affecting everyone, how to spend your time now that you are - or soon will be - sequestered…
Local Artichokes, Or Are They?
Eating seasonally and locally is part of my religion. Almost to absurdity, or so my friends and family will point out. But I’m committed, for many reasons. I want small…
Just decant the wine, and serve
Wine in a Box
As I wiped a tiny drop from the plastic spigot sticking out of the box of wine I’d just opened, I had to laugh. I, the keeper of wine…
Speculoos – Cinnamon Cookies
Speculoos is the golden spice cookie that comes wrapped in plastic and sits on the saucer of your espresso cup in nearly every cafe throughout the Hexagon. In the past…
Fig Jam
I planted my fig tree about seven years ago, to replace an ancient apple tree which was the "apple of my eye". She (or he?) was such a lovely part…
Northpork
Maine
My recent visit to Maine was a patchwork of memories and a blossoming of experiences to add to them. I moved there two minutes before my son was born, nearly…
Terry with lobster
Smoked Salmon, Spoons, and Guinness
I was strolling down the high street in Drogheda, Ireland, and suddenly my friend Trish Rogers, internationally known wine and food expert and author of the Zing!thing yelled…
Rhubarb and Ginger Tartelette
Mid-Summer Rhubarb
I think my rhubarb plant loves me. I blush to say this, but it's got to be true. Each season, it gets bigger and more productive. This year,…
Annagassan
Ireland – Trad Music, Brown Bread, and the 99
Begorrah. Slainte. Shite. That’s about the sum of my Irish vocabulary, which I learned after spending a short week in the Ancient East coastal area of rolling green hills, gently…
Cherry and Avocado Verrine
Cherries – Under the Wire
I know I'm just under the wire with this cherry recipe, but I rushed to get it perfected so that I could share it with you. So please run to…