This cake makes a moist, festive and fresh-tasting treat for November and December when cranberries are in season and oranges are really good. It has a lovely, fine crumb and isn't icky sweet. The tartness of the cranberries provides a great … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving cornbread stuffing
This is the dish that means Thanksgiving to me. It's a recipe handed down by my mother and I treasure it as much for that as for its taste. It's a family-heirloom, with roots in my mother's Texas childhood, though she learned to make it for herself … [Read more...]
November magic
[This was the first in a series of Crumbs on the Table columns published in Cambridge Magazine. It includes three recipes for a homely yet special autumn feast in sympathy with the season: woodsy mixed mushrooms on garlic toasts, fit for a king or … [Read more...]
In Tomato Fields
September in southern New Jersey is invariably hot and humid, the remnants of August’s dog days hanging on, tenacious and ornery. It is the time when the tomato fields that bordered our house in rural Mickleton began to take on the smell of … [Read more...]
Fried green tomatoes in England
My article, "In Tomato Fields", tells the story of the 'Jersey tomato' in its heyday, during the years when my sisters and I were growing up surrounded by fields of them. It relates how the collective memory of those who loved it and lamented its … [Read more...]
Cambridge in August: tomato prosciutto tart and raspberry dacquoise
Summer has come good after all. This is the time when fast food is fresh food: when a few choice tomatoes and some good olive oil can make a meal; when a perfect slice of melon can make your eyes open wide; and a simple salad eaten outdoors can tune … [Read more...]