Category Archives: spring recipes

One of the many delicious food revelations during our road trip through Marin County and Napa Valley were the salads. From place to place, we ate salads as part of every meal we were served, and together they formed a … Continue reading →

Here is what my lunch has been the last few days–if I ever open up my fantasy sandwich shop this will be on the menu: 1. Lightly toasted slices of rye bread or health loaf bread from Eli Zabar. 2. … Continue reading →

I could hardly believe my eyes the other day when I took my daily stroll in the vegetable garden and discovered my very first sugar snap pea hanging heavy on the vine. How did that happen!? I don’t think I … Continue reading →

Although the pea pods growing in my own garden are not nearly ready yet for picking, they’re showing up all over on the farm stands in our area–and who can resist? Sliding the little green morsels out of their pods … Continue reading →

A few days ago I bought a bunch of big, beautiful beets with the purpose of roasting them at some point during the week and eating them in a salad of some kind. But the roasting never happened, because once … Continue reading →