Recipe Fridays: Fresh Corn Salsa

I realize corn season is quickly coming to an end, so I must post this before you can’t make it anymore.  I mean – you could – you could probably use frozen corn, thawed, but though I like frozen vegetables just fine, I’m not sure how that would stack up to this… In any case, I recently received 5 ears of corn in my CSA.  Long time readers will remember that my CSA is local & organic, which meant… there were worms in my corn.  After I’d taken care of those (shudder) and cut what kernels I could off the [...]

Recipe Fridays: Campanelle with Arugula

The first year I joined a CSA, I posted about it on a near weekly basis.  Last year, I posted much more infrequently about it, but I continued to eat my way through boxes of vegetables every week.  And this year, I imagine the posts will be even more infrequent, as, for my CSA duties, I’ll be blogging for them (my first article is here!).  I made the above with the arugula I got the first week this year.  I’ll be honest, I don’t particularly like arugula, so I wilted it a bit to cut through the bitter pepperiness I [...]

TravelZoo Party at SD26

Recently, to help celebrate the launch of TravelZoo’s deal site, we were invited to SD26 for some nibbles, beverages and mingling.  SD26 sits at the north end of Madison Square Park, home to NYC’s best burger.  The space is large and can easily accomodate large groups, as we proved by taking up the entire front section and then some.  Some of the nibbles passed around were foccaccia with mortadella, and crostini topped with an out of season tomato.  We enjoyed these while taking advantage of the open bar – some of us a bit too much – and spent our time [...]

The Ingredient Finder

The good folks over at The Ingredient Finder recently emailed me to let me know about their nifty website: geared towards those of us home cooks who unfortunately may not have easy access to the more esoteric, less common ingredients that are sometimes required for certain recipes, The Ingredient Finder is a great tool.  While I am located in New York City, there are still some things I can’t always just run out and pick up at the store easily, so this is great even for those of my readers in NYC!   Inviting me to test out the site, they also sent me over a Spanish-themed goodie [...]

Recipe Fridays: Potato Leek Soup

This was posted over on the Forest Hills CSA website, but I figure if you haven’t seen it, it’s still valid… although it was written in November and it’s February now, so that comment about the weather BECOMING chillier… yeah, not so much.  Enjoy!!!With the weather quickly becoming chillier, what better than to make soup with your CSA goodies?  Leeks, sliced and swished through cold water a few times to dislodge any dirt that may have been stuck in them.  A couple of pounds of Russet potatoes that were then peeled and chopped into cubes.  Everything added together into a [...]

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