Cook's Cache

  After an unseasonably mild holiday season, we finally got snow this past weekend - enough that I finally had a nice x-c ski on Monday. So ...

 About a year ago I read somewhere that cutting an avocado with a ceramic knife rather than a stainless steel one would minimize the browing...

The virtues of being a messy cook..... The main purpose of this blog is to organize family recipes, particularly those associated with a s...

Ever take a toddler strawberry picking, or for that matter give the toodler warm, juicy strawberries to eat?  The delightful result is ...

I started this post over a year ago prompted by 2 articles in the October 8 New York Times Magazine (Food Issue), a visit to Portland wh...

If one wants to eat local in New England,  November and December are the Brussels sprouts , apple, cranberry and root vegetable months. T...

This recipe is for Henry. Apple Pie/Apples and Ice Cream  = (Apple Keam) Henry's favorite dessert is Apple Pie, which Chris brings f...

I love the hint of spring paperwhite narcissus bring to a cold January day but have never liked the way the plants collapse and fall over ...

Time to check out the  woods!  For a number of years, (2009 berries at left, 2015 berries below), I have picked a sticky red raspeberry-li...

While this blog is about food, it's roots are in family recipes and family holiday traditions, mostly food but occasionally plants m...

Going back to "old family recipes" is not without suprises. Several things I enjoyed growing up contained raw eggs.  Last week, ...

Kale Soup Mushroom Barley Soup Pea Soup Onion Cider Soup Corn and Green Chili Chowder Reviewed 7/9/2017

For many years I had thought of  Linzertorte  as the almond crust, raspberry preserve filled torte I make for holidays and Chris'...