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  • How Do You Say Delicious in Italian?

    How do you say delicious in Italian? You could start with battuto. That’s Italian for a combination of chopped vegetables, sometimes with a little added cured pork (pancetta, guanciale, prosciutto, even a slice…

    July 31, 2018 by

  • Strawberries (Again?!?)

    Yes, they come back every year, some years more prolifically than others. This has been an especially bountiful year here in Maine where I’m settled right now.…

    July 1, 2018 by

  • Lentils & Green Olives

    I just love these tiny lentils from the Abruzzi—the colors remind me of the beach-stone paintings of my painter friend Alan Magee. Or of the roof tiles…

    April 26, 2018 by

  • A Killer in the Kitchen

    I lived in Cyprus off and on in the early ‘70s before the Turkish invasion that split the island into two irreconcilable political entities, one Turkish, one Greek. Our village, on the…

    April 10, 2018 by

  • Ode to the Egg

    It’s the simplest, most basic of foods, the one cooks turn to when there’s nothing to eat in the house—because there’s almost always an egg or two in the pantry, ready to…

    February 21, 2018 by

  • Snowy Day Soup

    What to do in a February blizzard on the coast of Maine? Snow day: No school, downtown shops all closed, and the snow falls so hard and fast that I can’t…

    February 8, 2018 by

  • Salty Lemons

    It’s a lemony time of year, these waning days of January when the air is chilly, the earth is covered with no longer fresh snow, and a…

    January 30, 2018 by

  • A Reinforcing Salad for Winter

    I’ve been playing around this week with a rather wonderful salad traditionally served in Naples throughout the Christmas holidays—which, as you know, actually extend from the Feast…

    January 2, 2018 by

  • Christmas Means Lobster

    I’m happy to hear that the French, who know a thing or two about gastronony, have adopted our Maine custom of lobster for Christmas. Along with oysters,…

    December 25, 2017 by

  • Pumpkin pasta: Why not?

    Here’s a great seasonal recipe from The Four Seasons of Pasta, the book I wrote with my chef daughter Sara Jenkins: Pumpkin Pasta with Pumpkin Seeds, a fine…

    October 11, 2017 by