Mom's scone recipe ( Read more... )

The farm has switched to fall mode - quite the harvest. There were potatoes and leeks and chives which really can only mean one thing ( Read more... )

O'Rourke's burned down last night. My advisor, who graduated Wesleyan the year I was born, had the same reaction - "What? No!"

There is not food that good available at that hour anywhere that I know of. "Gourmet" and "Boxcar diner" don't often go together, this was an exception.

This involves a typical 4-pound chicken and a can of beer. How can't it be good? This particular bird came from the farm and had a very happy life, hence almost no fat. The beer was an unexceptional leftover from the 4th of July ( Read more... )

Chicken thighs marinated in hot sauce, crushed garlic, basil and some olive oil. Fresh tomatoes with a bit of italian dressing or salt. Eggplant and zucchini basted with more italian dressing. Everything but the chicken came from the farm, and that's just because i'm cheap. I will do beer-can chicken with a grass-fed broiler from the farm for some ( Read more... )

More herbs are coming from the farm - tonight was a thick pork chop grilled with chopped sage, lemon, pepper and olive oil marinade, with grilled zucchini. I'm going to figure out something new to do with eggplant. Stuffed, perhaps. Same stuff from the farm this week, with the exciting addition of a handful of cherry tomatoes as a sign of things to

It is again too hot to cook. This generally makes me unhappy, more the heat than the lack of cooking. So to hell with it. I would be happier *with* chocolate chip cookies, no matter what the temperature, and it can't get any worse. Dinner was burgers, infused as usual with beer, worcestershire sauce, garlic, a little bit of hot pepper, with a side ( Read more... )

Yesterday: Eggplant got cut up into half-inch slices, brushed with vinaigrette, and grilled. Squash was cut in half, brushed with same, also grilled. Came out perfect ( Read more... )

They upped the mixed veggies to 4 pounds ( Read more... )

It is by and large too hot to cook.

This week from the farm:

Basil
Fresh garlic
Green beans
Mixed greens / head lettuce
Cabbage
Large carrots
Zucchini
Scallions

So. Salads as usual, with carrots and beans. Pesto. Cole Slaw with carrots. Grilled Zucchini. I'm wondering about the scallions.