The Third Annual Fall Food Classic
24 September 2014 § Leave a comment
Please join us if you can Thursday October 16 for the third Fall Food Classic fundraiser lunch. Tickets $25 in advance.
Fall Salad – Yellow Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
6 October 2013 § Leave a comment
I came to the realization that my What’s for Dinner? column was risking becoming what’s baking? I needed to do something savory as the emphasis had been too much on sweet.
With this summery October weather I wanted a salad, albeit one with a bit of autumnal heft. The goat cheese I bought from Valley Shepherd at the Montclair Farmers Market yesterday inspired this dish. Having splurged and then gorged on several of their delicious cheeses for lunch I needed something healthy to go with the soft creamy goat cheese. This yellow beet with goat cheese salad, caramelized onions and lentils was just the ticket.
Here is the recipe over on Baristanet.
elBulli
11 September 2013 § Leave a comment
The culinary gods were on my side. With just two free hours to spare, we stumbled on the elBulli Exhibition at Somerset House in London and had time for a whirlwind tour of Borough Market.
I never ate at elBulli. But I did get to see the exhibition. It would have been torture if I had not eaten such a huge brunch that morning. Do not go there hungry.
The exhibition charted the evolution of elBulli from its roots in 1964 as a coastal restaurant, complete with mini golf, run by a couple – Dr Hans Schilling and his wife, Marketta. The Schillings were always serious about food and were awarded a Michelin star in 1967. The restaurant was named after Mrs Schilling’s bulldog – Bulli. To honor Bulli there was a larger than life model of him made out of meringues. « Read the rest of this entry »
Tomato Time in Jersey
7 September 2013 § Leave a comment
Tomato time signals the end of summer. With 46 bushels of them delivered from a local grocery store my neighbors work for a few days to make jars and jars of tomato sauce.
The whole family comes together to make “gravy” as tomato sauce in these parts. Most of it is just plain old tomatoes, but there is some marinara sauce too. « Read the rest of this entry »
Borough Market
1 September 2013 § 1 Comment
I have been to London many times but never made it that mother of all farmers markets – Borough Market.
I was determined to get to the oldest market in London and that is up against some pretty ancient competition.
The architecture itself is impressive dating back to the 1860s with an art deco entrance added on in 1932. It used to be a real gritty wholesale market but with the advent of retail hours on Thursday, Friday and weekend it had become a very high end fine foods market. « Read the rest of this entry »
The Montclair Farmers Market
27 July 2013 § Leave a comment
And today at the Montclair Farmers Market
An English Gala Pie Recipe fit for Saint George’s Day
21 April 2013 § 7 Comments
I’m really excited about this special guest post from King Marv.
(AKA my husband, Neal.)
He has talked about making this gala pie for well over a year so it was a major event when he finally got around to doing it. Sourcing the ingredients was an adventure in itself: after all, it’s not every day that a girl buy pigs trotters and lard. And don’t start me on the epic saga of actually making the pie. Suffice to say that it was a journey that started with a mere three hours of simmering pigs fat and trotters… I now understand why one rarely encounters home-made pork pies, let alone the gala variety that comes embedded with hard-boiled eggs.
So, over to Neal. He affects a more cultured demeanor than me, so please humour him while he starts with a little Shakespeare… « Read the rest of this entry »
