Recipes

Chilled Summer Squash Soup

Be a locavore. Shop your local farmers market and buy a variety of summer squash. Green zucchini, yellow squash, white...

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Peach Caprese Salad

My version of a caprese salad when the peaches are ripe and in season. This is another one in my...

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Ratatouille

Ratatouille is the epitome of southern french cooking and is a traditional vegetable stew of sorts from Provence. Ratatouille is...

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Lemon Curd

My friend Marguerite has a Meyer lemon tree that produces literally hundreds of lemons each winter. Meyer lemons have such...

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Honey Lavender Cookies: A tribute to Pinnebog Creek...

I am forever grateful to Pinnebog Creek Lavender Farm in Bad Axe Michigan for sharing their lavender and their recipe...

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Okra and Tomatoes

So southern and so creole. This method of preparing okra is like a stew. It makes a hearty side or...

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Summer Pesto

Italian mayo? This well loved herby sauce from the Liguria region of northern Italy is almost like making a mayonnaise,...

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Blueberry Cobbler

I first started making cobblers when I moved to Covington and met a friend with a blueberry farm. This led...

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Blueberry Basil Martini

It’s blueberry season and I can’t get enough of these sweet juicy antioxidant powerhouses. Fresh blueberries and granola in the...

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Macadamia and Coconut Tart

In her cookbook, “Cindy’s Supper Club,” Cindy Pawlcyn, the Napa Valley California chef shares recipes learned from her travels and...

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Piquillos Rellenos de Queso de Cabra, Goat Cheese...

One of the recipes in “The Real Taste of Spain”, a cookbook I recently featured in my “how many cookbooks...

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Salade Nicoise

Salade Nicoise, a staple of Provence in Southern France. Think Nice, beaches, and the Mediterranean Sea. In its purest form,...

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