Nancy Lowell has spent a lifetime loving, eating, cooking, learning and reading about food. She has owned a small restaurant in Delaware County, New York, a catering business in New York City, worked for fifteen years for Whole Foods Market, and served Breakfast at Tiffany’s during her time working in corporate dining.
As much as I love fresh summer corn—and that is a lot, I love having leftover corn. I use it for soups and fritters, and this year I’m going to try freezing some. I am pretty much trying to corner the market on corn here in Philadelphia. Last week I (somehow) ended up with an […]
Summer begins this weekend and it’s time for me to head for the hills, or more specifically, the mountains. As I mentioned in my anniversary post a couple of weeks ago, in the last two years I have published over 350 posts, and that’s a lot of words, and food, and cooking and clean-up. It’s time for […]
Two houses and seven years ago I lived on one of those blocks where block parties were a regular event. As long as the weather was nice we were out there sharing great food and hanging out. I was very sad to leave that street, I’d never had that kind of neighborhood experience before, and […]
I love picnic fare, and though I can’t recall the last time I picnicked that doesn’t stop me from eating foods I associate with summer, picnics, and barbecues. You may consider grilled meats the star of the show, but how often do you find yourself biting into dry chicken, burned hot dogs or burgers like […]
I thought I had a good idea for a casserole type dish of zucchini and mushrooms. I saw some really nice local zucchini and mushrooms on sale, so it just made sense. I scribbled down a bunch of ideas, from fritters, to pancakes, to this baked dish. I thought wild rice would be a good addition, and […]