Recipes for the season: Duck Confit
Editor's note: I've always been a bit intimidated by French cooking, especially confits, which sound so mysterious. But Martine Bertin-Peterson makes it all so easy. Here is her recipe for Duck Confit, served with...
Recipes for the season: Wild Mushroom Bisque
by guest blogger, Martine Bertin-Peterson,
As the weather gets cooler, my go-to dinner is often a hearty soup and a winter salad.
Sturdy vegetables available in the late fall and winter such as squash, root...
Recipes for the season: Roasted Red Pepper Soup
by guest blogger, Martine Bertin-Peterson, During the dog days of summer, I gravitate to chilled soups as starters. This chilled red pepper soup is a delicious and welcome alternative to the more predictable gazpacho. I...
Recipes for the season: Swiss Chard with Pine Nuts and Raisins
By Chef Rich Baringer, Whether you go to farmers' markets or belong to a CSA, Swiss chard is available all season long—from spring through fall. So that leaves (pun intended) us with the question of what...
Recipes for the season: Noodles! And mushrooms
By guest blogger Chef Kelly Unger, The Rooster & The Carrot, March is National Noodle Month! March is also a challenging month for finding local produce (other than root vegetables and some hardy greens). Luckily, Pennsylvania...
Recipes for the season: Curried Butternut Squash Soup
By Chef Rich Baringer, Butternut squash has become a pretty trendy vegetable, showing up in lots of recipes. And for good reason. It's delicious and versatile. Butternut squash can be roasted and boiled and sautéed and steamed and mashed. You...
Recipes for the Season: Black Bean Pumpkin Soup
By Chef Rich Baringer, I know. The last thing you want to see now is another pumpkin recipe. But this isn't one of those "pumpkin spice" recipes that seem to be everywhere this time of year. This...
Recipes for the Season: Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash
By Chef Rich Baringer, I see acorn squash as sort of the black sheep of the winter squash family. Butternut is sweeter. Delicata is less fibrous. Kabocha and pumpkins make better pies. But what acorn squash...
Recipes for the Season: Cauliflower Cuisine
by guest blogger Laura Brandt, How this unassuming, pale vegetable "dresses up" for dinner. Cauliflower may be a forgotten vegetable, but it really shouldn't be. This crunchy white crucifer packs a nutritional punch of vitamins and...
Why I love living in Bucks County
I had to get out of the house. That's what happens when you work from home. "I'm just running out to get a few things," I told Mark and the dogs. "I shouldn't be...
Fresh Fridays: Brussels Sprouts with Crispy Applewood Bacon
In this series, local chefs give us their favorite recipes, full of fresh, seasonal ingredients. Here's a great one for your Thanksgiving table. By Executive Chef Bill Murphy, Earl’s Bucks County, Peddler’s Village The key to taking simple...
Recipes for the season: Maple Butter Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
In this series, local chefs give us their favorite recipes, full of fresh, seasonal ingredients, just in time for the weekend. By Chefs Blake Faure & Jon Ramsey, The Golden Pheasant Inn, As the seasons turn, so...
Fresh Fridays: Creamy Chicken over Spaghetti Squash
In this series, local chefs give us their favorite recipes, full of fresh, seasonal ingredients, just in time for the weekend. By Chef Rich Baringer, It's the time of year that our farmers' markets and CSAs start providing...
Recipes for the Season: Brussels Sprouts with Shallots and Walnuts
In this series, local chefs give us their favorite recipes, full of fresh, seasonal ingredients, just in time for the weekend. By Chef Jamie Hollander, Jamie Hollander Gourmet, It’s inevitable: as soon as there are a few...
Fresh Fridays: Balsamic Glazed Salmon over Swiss Chard
In this series, local chefs give us their favorite recipes, full of fresh, seasonal ingredients, just in time for the weekend. By Chef Rich Baringer, This recipe is actually a combination of two recipes from America's Test Kitchen...