Category: Appetizers & Snacks
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Stuffed Radish Roses and Pesto-Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
A neighbor is throwing a Memorial Day wine tasting potluck that starts in about 5 minutes and I’m signed up for appetizers. I wanted to bring something that would be good at room temperature and didn’t require much last minute fussing. These fit the bill and are delicious and pretty! Now, that’s what I was…
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Olive Oil Dip
Okay, these were a huge hit for Thanksgiving. Marinated olives a la Mark Bittman. My lemons all froze last winter and I’m just now waiting for the most pale yellow ones to fully ripen, so rather than the pulp he calls for I just added a few teaspoons of bottled lemon juice. To make up…
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Roast Garlic with Homegrown Garlic
I grow my own garlic and had the best harvest this year, due in part, I believe, to the lasagna gardening method I tried. Just a few week ago I used up the last of last year’s garlic so am now starting to cut the heads off the new braid hanging in the kitchen. Last…
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Chermoulah
I got this recipe for chermoulah from an old copy of Fine Preserving which is annotated by MFK Fisher in the version I have. I tried this particular recipe because she declared it one of the best in the book. Although I’ve only tried a dozen or so of the recipes, I have to agree.…
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Halloween has progressed far beyond what it was when I was a kid. Back then, the costumes were mostly homemade. The pumpkins were mostly homegrown. And the carvings were definitely homegrown. No fancy templates. No fancy tools. We got a kitchen knife and scraped out the insides with a big kitchen spoon. Now, you seem…