Category Archives: Vegetables and Salads This has been an unseasonably warm weekend in Philadelphia; Saturday was in the high 60s, and Sunday reached 70° making it difficult to think about things like Christmas shopping and roasting vegetables. I’m quite sure it will get cold again, though the long-range forecast shows temperatures in the 40s and 50s through Christmas, and when temperatures […]  When I was in college my friend John told me he disliked all white food “Including cauliflower?” I asked dumbfounded, who doesn’t like cauliflower? As a kid my family ate cauliflower two ways, raw with Durkee’s Famous Sauce and steamed whole and covered with cheddar cheese. I wasn’t then, nor am I now a fan of […]  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 […]  I haven’t posted for two weeks, and now Monday is looming large before me. What do I say, what do I write? I had (foolishly) planned a post on portobella mushroom bacon, but it turned out pretty badly, so for now that project is going back to the lab for some more R&D, and I am […]  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 […] |
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