Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Easy Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Sausage & Broccoli

Easy Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Sausage & Broccoli
Something magical happens when gnocchi, sausage, broccoli and onions sizzle on a piping hot sheet pan. Maybe it's the golden edges of tender potato bites. Maybe it's the easy recipe and almost effortless clean-up. Maybe it's simply the triumph of pulling together another dinner at the end of another ...


Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Here’s how to Extend the Season with Fried Green Tomatoes

Here’s how to Extend the Season with Fried Green Tomatoes
There's something glorious about ripe juicy tomatoes during summers in New England. As soon as the spring soil warms, we hurry to grow them in pots on city terraces and in patches in our home gardens. Somehow, though, as soon as the season gets going, we sense that it is fleeting. Once October arrives and ...


Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Make these Watermelon Pops to Beat the Heat

Make these Watermelon Pops to Beat the Heat
I listened with delight as a friend asked her husband which flavors he preferred from the selection of Bees Knees Ice Pops at my CT farmers' market. "You good with Strawberry Lemonade?" she asked. "Yup". "How 'bout Watermelon Strawberry?" "Sure". "Spicy Blueberry Lemonade? Cucumber Mint Lime?" "Yes. Yes. Ye...


Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Roasted Fairytale Eggplant & Tomato Rotini

Roasted Fairytale Eggplant & Tomato Rotini
As my summer vegetable garden was winding down I waited patiently for the last warm days to ripen my end of season tomatoes. When torrential rain and  fierce winds descended upon Connecticut a couple of weeks ago (actually a documented tornado that a friend and I watched with great excitement from my screene...


Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Shop Local for this Sweet & Savory Carrot Mash

Shop Local for this Sweet & Savory Carrot Mash

If you've seen the mounds of deep yellow, imperial purple and sunny orange carrots at your farmers' market this autumn you may already be hooked on experimenting with these charming rainbow hued roots.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

French Onion Pumpkin Gruyere Bake

French Onion Pumpkin Gruyere Bake

Ready for a little autumnal decadence? We're veering left of classic pumpkin pie and dreaming about filling pumpkins with creamy pasta to create a one dish meal.  We love the drama of serving directly from the gourd, scraping pumpkin-y sweetness right along with the savory cheesy spinach and pasta melange...



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Mini Pumpkins Filled Three Ways

Mini Pumpkins Filled Three Ways

Contributed by Marcia Selden Pull out your pashminas, fall is in full swing!  Grab your pumpkin spiced latte and check out our 3 favorite warm-your-belly filled pumpkin recipes to make for your next meal! We think everything tastes better in a tiny pumpkin. Savory Bread Stuffed Pumpkins 6 servings ...



Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Sizzling Zucchini Matchsticks

Sizzling Zucchini Matchsticks

Contributed by Marcia Selden Catering  While many people associate September with back to school, we like to think of September as bumper crop season.  Here’s one of our all-time favorite recipes for one of our all-time favorite veggies!  11602...



Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Here’s THAT Easy Gazpacho Recipe

Here’s THAT Easy Gazpacho Recipe

I picked up about a dozen tomatoes from one of my favorite farms here in CT as I was heading home from an early morning walk at the beach today.  I am happy to go out of my way  to see what's being offered at Stahursky Farm. Single words burnished into weathered plaques inform passersby about what ha...



Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Garden of Eatin’ & Summer Beet Salad in Aspen

Garden of Eatin’ & Summer Beet Salad in Aspen

Every spring we have the same conversation about any summer trip we have planned. "Why would we leave our beautiful spot at home just as the trees and gardens are blooming? What could be better than our very own farmers' market?  Why don't we just stay put and enjoy listening to a hodgepodge of free summer m...