Fish Tacos with Mango Radish Salsa and Sweet Potato Wedges

September 7, 2010

When I was back home in the US in July, my friend Leah and I took a day trip to the wineries of southwestern Michigan, but before we made our way to a few of them, we stopped for lunch first. We had planned to have a posh lunch at the Tabor Hill Winery but […]

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Oven-baked Sausage and Tomato Risotto

September 2, 2010

Catherine Fulvio is one busy lady these days. In addition to running Ballyknocken House and Cookery School in County Wicklow, she’s been filming her new series, Catherine’s Roman Holiday,* which premieres tomorrow in Ireland at 8:30 p.m. on RTÉ, doing cooking demos at summer festivals like Bloom and Taste of Dublin, and writing a fantastic […]

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Sea Bass with Tomato Confit, Red Onion and Bacon Vinaigrette and Mashed Potatoes

August 31, 2010

When I go out to eat, I love to deconstruct the menu and take away all the adjectives. Things that sound fancy are oftentimes actually pretty basic. Pan-fried and corn-fed? That’s all well and good, but it’s still just chicken. Likewise, this dish sounds impressive, but is a cinch to make. For example, the tomato […]

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Cheddar Corn Chowder with Savory Ham and Cheese Muffins

August 26, 2010

I’m a born and bred Midwesterner, so corn is practically part of my heritage. “Corn should be knee high by the fourth of July,” my dad used to say out of the blue sometimes while driving alongside the cornfields of northern Illinois, and no summer picnic or barbecue was complete without me or my brother […]

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Potato Salad with Smoked Salmon and Horseradish Crème Fraîche and Blueberries in Gin Syrup

August 23, 2010

Four years ago, when our daughter was 13 months old and not walking yet, we went to the Derryvilla Blueberry Farm** in County Offaly to pick berries. I still remember her crawling on the soft, boggy ground amongst the bushes, stopping now and then to pull a fat, sweet berry from the branches and pop […]

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Turkey Meatballs with Walnuts, Cilantro, Golden Raisins, and Lemon-Cumin Yogurt Sauce over Couscous

August 19, 2010

Kristin and I are food psychic — strange but true. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve emailed her about a great cake I just made only to find she made the same thing (or something close) the day before. This blog has only confirmed my suspicions. I now double check the titles […]

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Zucchini Fritters with Feta and Dill and Tomato Salad

August 17, 2010

My husband makes pancakes with the kids every Saturday morning without fail, so it should have been no surprise that my daughter said these zucchini fritters looked like green pancakes when she saw me frying them in the pan. I immediately played it up: “Yes, you’re right, that’s just what they look like. It’s like […]

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Bouchons au Thon (“Tuna Corks”) with Green Salad

August 13, 2010

What is it with kids and ketchup? When my sister was a kid, she would put ketchup on just about everything, including fish sticks, which I used to think was particularly weird. The only time I ever eat ketchup is with fries, and even then only just a little and begrudgingly (I’m a salt and […]

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