a home version of the recipe from A Fork in the Trail ©2008
makes 2–3 hearty servings
Italian for “little ears,” orecchiette has a shell-like appearance and holds delicate sauces well. If you cannot find it in your grocery store, you can use baby shells or linguini. I like to use a good quality extra virgin olive oil [...]
Archive for March, 2009
orecchiette with clams
Posted in Recipes, tagged clams, cooking, food, Italian food, orecchiette, pasta, Recipes on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
banana protection
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged banana, fruit, school lunches on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last fall I was in the Oakville Hiker’s Haven store and I found this great little product called a Banana Guard.
One thing I dislike is a bruised banana and my little boy is the same, so I thought this would be great for his school lunches. If you ever saw how that boy throws his [...]
maple sugaring
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged maple syrup, sugar bush, sugaring on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a child I used to head down our road to Farmer Dan Weadick’s place. Farmer Dan had a beautiful sugar bush in back of the farm and he used to let me help check the pails and take off the sap. I haven’t done that since I was 14 and we moved [...]
my return… and the tomato salad
Posted in Miscellaneous, Recipes, tagged appetizer, basil, bocconcini, cookbook, food, hot peppers, tomato salad, tomatoes, vegetarian on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been months since I’ve blogged on craveable. Many things have been going on — everything from working on my next book to some medical issues.
I’ll be posting new ideas, recipes and wine finds over the coming months.
This isn’t a recipe but it is one of my favorite lunches. Sometimes I make it as a [...]
