Creamy, warm and filled with sweet earthiness, this Spring Onion Fiddlehead Risotto is a seasonal treat perfect for enjoying with a crisp salad and bread. Take your time making it and your effort will be rewarded by a perfect dish. Spring in Maine is a fickle time. We’ll enjoy 70-degree weather one day, in all…
New England Cuisine
Bacon Burger Salad with Gouda Cheese Sauce
Don’t limit your burger potential! Grill up a well-seasoned patty and serve it on a bed of greens with gouda cheese sauce for a delicious dinner. This Bacon Burger Salad has it all! This post is part of a kick-butt burger grill giveaway hosted by GirlCarnivore but the burger epicness is all my own. I…
Savor the Season with Rhubarb Muffins
Rhubarb muffins are sweet (but not too sweet!) with a hint of tartness. They celebrate the lovely fragrant rhubarb in a tender, lovely breakfast muffin. Can’t time just stand still for a moment? That’s the perennial question of parents. As we watch our children slowly begin to explore the world, it seems like time moves…
Spicy Teriyaki Fried Brussels Sprouts in the Air Fryer
Fresh Brussels sprouts are delightful with a crisp outside and tender inside in this Spicy Teriyaki Fried Brussels Sprouts in the Air Fryer recipe. Brussels sprouts were a vegetable I didn’t eat as a child because my mother didn’t. Those little green balls of tightly-wound leaves intrigued me, but the odor of them boiling did…
Buttery Lemon Shrimp Pappardelle
Robust and luxurious, this Buttery Lemon Shrimp Pappardelle is a lovely dinner for any night of the week. Plus! Learn how to defrost shrimp quickly. Mouthfeel is something that matters tremendously to me. It’s why I adore smooth, flat noodles like pappardelle, which have a luxurious mouthfeel. It’s also why I avoid squirmy, small elbow…
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Light, moist Apple Cinnamon Muffins are dusted with coarse sugar for a lovely breakfast muffin with a nice crunch. There are certain things we almost never buy. Cookies, for instance, unless they are a special variety that we don’t or haven’t made at home. Taco seasoning is another good example (why buy when it’s so…
Deviled Eggs with Gremolata
Classic appetizers like deviled eggs are a party favorite. They’re simple but elegant, and a wonderful grab and go bite. Some of the most memorable parties of my childhood were ones that I wasn’t exactly invited to. The neighbor’s Easter dinner. Another neighbor’s Fourth of July bash. I was friends with relatives of both neighbors…
How to Hard Boil Eggs
From sliced on toast to crumbled on salads to deviled eggs, hard boiled eggs have so many culinary uses. Here’s how to hard boil eggs. Hard-Boiled Eggs vs. Hard-Cooked Eggs Is there a difference between hard-boiled eggs and hard-cooked eggs? Yes, but the terms are often used interchangeably these days. If we’re being technical about…
Bacon, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Salad
A runny egg yolk takes the place of salad dressing in this warm, comforting breakfast salad. The writing style didn’t come easily to me. After years penning stories about arrests and trials and city ordinances and budgets as a journalist, I could formulate those news stories with ease. But to write about food — the…
Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze
With a sweet-tart lemon glaze and a crumb dotted with juicy blueberries, this Bundt cake makes a lovely breakfast. Be sure to let the cake fully cool before glazing. The sale made me do it. When I spotted the swirls of this Heritage style Bundt pan with the sale price in red, I couldn’t resist….
