Category Archives: Snacks & Sides

June 24, 2010

Rustic Asparagus and Goat Cheese Tart

This recipe comes from the wonderful Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont, a cookbook that strikes just the right tone between rustic and refined, simple and elegant. It is reverent of the seasons and the land, it’s written simply, and the photography is just right. The book is so very Vermont — [...]

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May 20, 2010

Speck-Wrapped Asparagus

As we approach the end of May it seems important to point out that you should perhaps high-tail it over to your local farmers’ market and secure yourself a bundle of asparagus before it — gasp! — goes out of season.

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April 20, 2010

Ramp Compound Butter

Compound butter is a snap to make, and is a most excellent way to preserve the fleeting flavor of those robust spring greens, the wild leeks known as ramps.

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February 17, 2010

Preserved Lemons

In the deep of winter here in the Berkshires, I’ve found that lemons go a long way toward perking me up at dinner time. And the perkiest lemons are these preserved lemons.

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August 26, 2009

Fresh Tomatillo Salsa

Salsa verde is a simple Mexican green sauce made up of tomatillos, onion, and herbs. It comes together quickly, and keeps well for a few days, especially if you use fresh, young onions.

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