I love talking to Matt Swaim each Thursday on the Sonrise Morning Show, Sacred Heart Radio. This week we talked about greens that folks grew back during the Bible days. Yes, they had arugula, carrots, wild herbs, lettuces, many of which grew wild. I shared my family’s Lebanese simple salad and here it is, along with friend and amazing Greek cook Maria Sacalis. Try both! … Continue reading Lebanese Salad “Salata”
Yesterday I walked across the road to neighbor Erin Philip’s berry garden. I picked enough strawberries to make this lovely, yummy tart. Looks are deceiving. This tart is easy to make with a base of frozen puff pastry. Strawberries are in season, so take advantage. Fresh strawberry tart with puff pastry crust Depending upon size, cut berries in half or slice top to bottom. Filling … Continue reading Picking Strawberries for Tart
For years, I wrote a cooking column for the Press/Recorder newspapers here in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. At one time, there were almost 2 dozen papers under the corporate umbrella. I got word a couple weeks ago that the paper will cease publication. So sad. Another iconic community newspaper gone. And certainly a sense of community gone, too. Originally, the papers were tossed onto porches … Continue reading Reminiscing and a Memorial Day Steak
My friend, Bob Villing, who lives down the road, already has 3 kinds of peas planted: snow, sugar snap and English. He also has beets and greens growing. Bob is way ahead of me. I finally got the herb garden and the front field of the vegetable garden tilled a few days ago. My plan is to get the peas and early root vegetables in … Continue reading Chicken Vesuvio with Spring Peas
My Mary Garden Each week I chat with Matt Swaim of the Sonrise Morning Show. Today, since Mother’s Day is this next weekend, we talked about Mary Garden’s. Here’s some fun information. A MARY GARDEN Mary Gardens were started during medieval times and were usually gardens that were enclosed, often in monasteries. I have always felt that an herb garden needs a statue of Mary, even … Continue reading Container Mary Garden for Mother’s Day and My Favorite Shortbread Cookie
Each week as you may know, I chat with Matt Swaim on Sacred Heart Radio, Sonrise Morning Show. Today, with Earth Day around the corner, we talked about the plants we’ve been blessed to have and how to grow them quickly as microgreens. What are microgreens? Most folks know what sprouts are – I grow those usually in water. They are eaten when the first … Continue reading Microgreens Super Foods
Each week as you may know, I chat with Matt Swaim on Sacred Heart Radio, Sonrise Morning Show. Today, with Earth Day around the corner, we talked about the plants we’ve been blessed to have and how to grow them quickly as microgreens. What are microgreens? Most folks know what sprouts are – I grow those usually in water. They are eaten when the first … Continue reading Growing Bible Microgreens
First, I have to thank Sue Koenig, whose eagle eye caught a couple of mistakes in the first recipe. I’ve corrected them to indicate the right amount of yield for the first recipe. I renamed it, too. Here’s why: I usually make 6 giant rolls but another reader said she gets 8. And checking my mail this morning, yet another person got 11. Looks like … Continue reading Updated Hot Cross Buns!
Food can connect us in myriad ways. Like the city chicken recipe I’m sharing today. But here’s the twist: city chicken is made with pork, not chicken. I did a bit of sleuthing to find out why. City chicken originated with the Polish and Ukrainian communities who immigrated to the Great Lakes region during the Depression. Cleveland and Pittsburgh were known for city chicken. Earlier … Continue reading City Chicken: A Ukranian/Polish Dish
One of my most popular cooking classes is “Fish without fear”. Quality seafood is expensive, and Lent is the optimum time to explore cooking seafood, since you’ll usually find a good variety at a decent price. When I teach a seafood class, I always include scallops, since students find them the most intriguing. Yet they are one of the easiest to cook! Scallops are amazingly … Continue reading Scallops 101
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