Tag: summer

WIAW 77 – the All Tomato Edition

WIAW 77 – the All Tomato Edition

Yes, I eat tomatoes three meals a day  in August… Doesn’t everyone? All right, I admit, when I have cereal for breakfast I don’t add tomatoes to that. But a ripe red tomato is wonderful with my breakfast beans and eggs! I was reminded recently 

Syracuse Salt Potatoes

Syracuse Salt Potatoes

Yes, another post about Central New York, but this time it is not a story about my childhood and farm fresh vegetables… We never ate these when I was growing up. Dad didn’t like potatoes, and if his family had ever eaten these, they didn’t 

Creamy Chicken Corn

Creamy Chicken Corn

“I’m as corny as Kansas in August…”

Cucumber Aspic

Cucumber Aspic

We have cucumbers. We certainly do have cucumbers… I’ve put them in tabbouli, and we’ve had them sliced, and I plan soup (why is it Soup when I make it with cucumbers, and Smoothie when I make it with peaches?) and it’s just the beginning 

Slow Cooked Stuffed Pork Loin

Slow Cooked Stuffed Pork Loin

  I believe that I have mentioned – in passing, perhaps – that it is summer? We’re well into the New York City summer – hot and humid. (And I resent that we had almost no spring – spring is a lovely season, here. Summer