Tomato Aspic

  Photo by Judith Hausman Try this for dinner. Another heat wave, after a very brief breather, brought to mind a cool dish I haven’t had in years: aspic. The jellied beef or chicken consommé my mom tried out on me as a child was not an experience I wanted to repeat, but a wiggly-style […]

Kale: It’s Not Just for Salads

The T-shirt says it all: Eat More Kale. Between soaks and hikes at Breitenbush Hot Springs, we kept crossing paths with Chad, a community member on the food-service team who regularly turned out delicious vegetarian meals.

Scallop Skewers

  Photo by Judith Hausman Kabobs are simple and fun to make. Grilled seafood is light and easy in the summer. I’m lucky enough to have reliable access to relatively local fish where I live, from Long Island, N.Y., and the nearby Connecticut shore, as well as greater New England. Skewering with seasonal vegetables is […]

Perfect Deviled Eggs

This classic recipe can be varied easily to suit your tastes or a special occasion.

String Beans with Mustard Sauce

  Photo by Judith Hausman A chilled string-bean salad cools down a hot summer afternoon. Cool or room-temperature dishes are all we want during a heat wave. Honestly, it’s still a little early for string beans out here in the East, but this mustard sauce is wonderful on top of any number of lightly cooked […]

Berry and Banana Pancakes

Photo by Judith Hausman Pancakes are easy to make and fun to eat. My “new” CSA has a u-pick berry patch, and last week was the members’ first trip into the fields. These fragile, fragrant berries are a completely different beast than the shiny, hard, out-of-season California ones we typically see here in New York. […]