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Hiding in the Catskills all summer has made me miss two things about Jersey: the organic corn and tomatoes. I’ve waited weeks to sink my teeth into a just-picked piece of sweet Jersey corn and so this time when I returned for the day I made sure to stop at my favorite farm stand to get some overripe ...
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Craving Everything Corn
From the time I take my last bite of summer fresh corn, I crave the taste all year long. It may only take another nine months until I get to savor the sugary sweet flavors again, but a bit of delayed gratification only enhances my enjoyment as I pull back the husk and take my first crisp bite of ...
Farm Fresh Tomato Sauce
It's that time of year when I've always got a pot of sauce simmering on the stove. This past week, I made farm fresh tomato sauce three times. One batch for a bunch of hungry teens, another to break in my friend Debbie's new kitchen and another batch for the freezer. I've got the process down to ...
Creamy Corn Empanadas
Another fabulous freezer friendly (say that three times!) use for sweet summer corn, these crispy Corn Empanadas are filled with a blend of flavors which place corn on the pedestal it deserves. I love to stuff ingredients into some kind of wrapper -- dumplings, spring rolls and empanadas are my ...
Summer Cooking & Savoring Farm Fresh
Upon my return from the Algarve, I've felt myself in a race against time. As the farms abound with my favorite ingredients -- corn, zucchini, beets and tomatoes -- I'm hustling to create as much as I can. Needless to say, my freezer is stuffed with farm fresh everything, from gazpacho and blueberry ...
Cocktail Crab Cakes
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Barberry Orange Scones
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Elegant Potato Kugel Hors D’oevres
Chopped liver, kugel, gefilte fish -- all staples at a Passover dinner and no table is complete without them. There's someone in the family who must have one or all of them, harkening back to days long ago when our ancestors celebrated Passover in very traditional ways. But how often do plates come ...
Spring Spinach Filo Bake
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