Seasonal Cooking

At this time of year, I love exploring a wide range of winter vegetables. Cabbage sometimes gets unfairly cast as a boring vegetable.  This warm red cabbage salad shows how versatile and tasty a head of cabbage can be.   A longtime favorite recipe at our–Read more

I have always loved making crisps with seasonal fruit.  The topping can come together quickly, and unlike pies, there’s no dough to roll out.  For over two decades I’ve used the same basic recipe as my guide, and at this time of year, Palisade Peach–Read more

These early days of March find me searching for signs of spring.  Maybe that’s why the shamrocks and kelly green of St. Patrick’s celebrations appeal to me.  Friends have invited us to a St. Patrick’s Day party and asked that we bring a finger food–Read more

Mid to late summer is peach celebration time in Colorado.  Our farmers’ markets and grocery stores hold displays of blushing fruit—Palisade Peaches —from the abundant orchards in the west of the state.  The peaches are heavy and fragrant, calling to be enjoyed at every meal. –Read more

While I have lots of favorite salads to serve at summer dinners, it’s always fun to find a new one.  My daughter Ellen asked me to bring a salad or two to a family dinner over Memorial Weekend. I wanted to bring a salad that–Read more

When the long days of summer bring bountiful produce to gardens, I love to cook the eggplant dressing that my mother made for years and years.  Eggplants have been plentiful at the grocery stores and farmers markets lately.  Their shiny, deep purple skins are like–Read more