Entries from October 2008

October 15, 2008

All Roads Lead to James Beard

I’m sorry to report that a seemingly-simple tomato pie has resulted in a thousand word-plus essay, and of that, only about a third of it is the actual recipe.
An online friend, Laurilyn, gave me a recipe for a tomato pie she attributed to Diana Gage’s husband’s ex-girlfriend’s mother—this probably means no more to you than [...]

October 6, 2008

Potatoes, Irish-Style

A recent online inquiry about cabbage led me to pass along a vague description of the Irish dish Colcannon- potatoes mashed with cabbage. Yesterday, while I was walking through my local farmers market, I saw an especially-nice head of cabbage and decided to make a batch so I could do better than a vague description.
This [...]