June

I can’t count how many times I make this during the summer months. It’s the easiest side dish, and always gets the most rave reviews. I give options for which vinegars to use, because often I grab whatever I happen to have closest to me when I’m tossing it together. White wine vinegar, red wine […]

Make this cake when strawberries are at their sweetest. Of course, one can get strawberries year-round, but in-season berries that don’t have to travel across hemispheres to reach you, make this dessert really shine. Yogurt in the batter keeps everything moist, and its tanginess is a delightful interplay with the sweet and fragrant fruit. A

This recipe come by way of my dad’s first secretary, Claire Matthews. She lived down the street and would often bring our family gifts of mangos from her tree during the summertime. Make this when you have the sweetest, most ripe mangos which drip with juice when sliced open. This dessert is truly heavenly… one

Mangos add a subtle sweetness to this barbecue sauce, which you won’t find to be overly fruity. There are enough savory ingredients and spices, like onions, garlic, chipotle and cumin, to keep it grounded. I call for cooking the chicken directly in the sauce, then removing it and shredding it before adding it back to

Why should strawberries have all the fun? Peaches work beautifully in a shortcake dessert, especially when roasted in butter and brown sugar to sweeten and concentrate their flavor. All of the elements for the dessert can be made ahead of time, but do not assemble until serving.

It might seem unusual to add miso and rice vinegar to a chilled buttermilk corn soup. It doesn’t taste at all of Asian flavors, and in fact you probably wouldn’t even detect these ingredients if you didn’t make it yourself. But, the sweetness the miso provides and acidity from the rice vinegar plays nicely with

This is a pie for the pie-crust challenged. A simple, press in crust is as easy as it gets, and is the perfect base for my CrispPie – a fruit crisp and pie mashup. I developed this recipe to give you the structure of a pie and the best part of a crisp… think loads

Why should strawberries have all the fun? Peaches work beautifully in a shortcake dessert, especially when roasted in butter and brown sugar to sweeten and concentrate their flavor. All of the elements for the dessert can be made ahead of time, but do not assemble until serving.

Sweet green peas, fresh mint and scallions, blended until silky smooth makes for a bright and welcome bowl of chilled soup. But, the secret ingredient that pulls it all together is the avocado. It adds a creamy richness to the soup that would be otherwise lacking. Top with crumbled feta for a briny counterpoint, and