With the arrival of (slightly) cooler weather comes a yearning for the flavorful products of the fall harvest. Who doesn’t look forward to Eastern North Carolina sweet potatoes and winter squash, and apples and honey from the N.C. mountains paired with N.C. pork? Fortunately, Gilroy, California’s garlic harvest comes at the same time! Around 1979 […]
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This year, sunset on Monday, September 6, marked the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, a Holy Day in the Jewish calendar that is commonly called the Jewish New Year. It is a two-day holiday, ending at nightfall on Wednesday, September 8, that marks the beginning of the 10 Days of Awe, a time when Jews reflect, […]
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I am reveling in our “Salad Days,” certainly not in the Shakespearean sense of youthful exuberance, but rather in the joy of the abundance of colorful, flavorful, summer produce. It is liberating, especially after the past 18 months of always being at the stove. In this heat, it is refreshing to eat light and cool […]
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The students and teachers at Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies are in the final days of a most extraordinary school year. No doubt a stressful one, too, but they are finishing strong. Family and Consumer Science Teacher, Evan Ferguson, had only six students in school out of the total of 14. The rest […]
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In my last column, I waxed poetic about the wonder of springtime forest floor gifts from regions west of Hatteras Island. Now, the revered seasonal gifts from our waters are in season – “softies” or softshell crabs – and everyone is celebrating! They, too, are only here for a brief time, so we ridiculously overindulge. […]
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As we are finally beginning to enjoy the first bursts of spring, (and I mean bursts – it’s not a constant yet), we are also enjoying the fresh tastes associated with the season of hope and beginnings. Friends have been harvesting early treats from early gardens and sharing, so I am savoring some very special […]
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Many years ago now, when I first moved to London, I went to work at Divertimenti, a brand new specialty cookware store on Brompton Road, (one-of-a-kind before they became popular.) The owners/buyers carefully curated every single item. Each and every piece was useful, good-looking, well made, and many were new to the market and extremely […]
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Valentine’s Day, like all of our holidays over the past year, will be celebrated at home. Forrest and Jennifer Paddock have created a romantic dinner for two that will send you running for groceries so you can reproduce it. That is certainly my plan! The Paddocks, who have lived in Buxton since 2003, have been […]
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There is and always has been a thriving hunting culture on the islands, born of, at first, necessity and now, of the love of the meat, the connection with nature, and the mastery of skills. Parents and grandparents, uncles and aunts carefully train their youth from an early age, instilling values as they instruct them […]
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It is New Year’s and I have been AWOL throughout this holiday season. Time to get my groove back, as we used to say, or in other words, FOCUS. I didn’t prepare the usual holiday foods and, frankly, it was liberating! I have been cooking for two and it isn’t conducive to big, multi-dish meals. […]
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