Tag: Winter

Seared Turnips and Parsnips

Seared Turnips and Parsnips

Here in the Northeast, winter has fully settled in. It’s often in the 40s F during the day – sometimes higher – but it freezes at night, and it has been down to 2 F, even here in the city, and  much colder North of 

One Dish Meal – Ham, Potato, Cabbage

One Dish Meal – Ham, Potato, Cabbage

I hope everyone had a lovely Wednesday – whether it was Christmas or Wednesday… From a food point of view, Christmas has more variety than Thanksgiving. There is no One Traditional Dish that Everyone Eats. (Yes, I know that not *everyone* in the  United States 

Winter Salad – Pickled beets and Endive

Winter Salad – Pickled beets and Endive

When I was a baby, we lived in Denmark for a little less than a year – my father was there on business. We were there for my first birthday, and the first Christmas that I was paying attention (I’d been a newborn the year 

Waterless Cooked Carrots

Waterless Cooked Carrots

My grandmother had a pan called a waterless cooker. It was a heavy cast aluminum, with a tight fitting lid, that held heat beautifully. The concept was that you could use it to cook food with very little energy (gas was expensive, when she started