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: Fried Green Tomatoes
By Chef Rich Baringer, Well, we've just about gotten to the end of tomato season—although with lots of sunshine this week, we should have some for a little while longer. But once they're finished, there's no need...
Recipes for the Season: What to do with tomatillos
By Chef Rich Baringer, We had a picnic at our place recently and as I was deciding on what to make, I remembered that I had a bunch of tomatillos in the fridge from Blooming Glen Farm. ...
Recipes for the Season: Peach-Tomato Salad
By Chef Rich Baringer, In my newsletter last month, I wrote an article about what I call the Summer Trinity—three foods that epitomize summer for me: sweet corn, peaches and tomatoes. Nothing makes me think of...
Mexican-Style Grilled Corn
This recipe is one of the reasons my friends love me. Really. This recipe and my Macque Choux, another summertime corn favorite. I originally found this in the September 2009 issue of Cook's Illustrated, one...
Fresh Fridays: Tomato, Pine Nut and Arugula Pesto Pasta with Sausage
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, I love basil pesto—every year when we approach the end of basil season, we make...
Fresh Fridays: Baked Tomatoes with Shallots
In this series, local chefs give us their favorite recipes, full of fresh, seasonal ingredients, just in time for the weekend.
By Chef Mark Miller, Hamilton's Grill Room, We always try to cook seasonally at Hamilton's Grill Room,...
Fresh Fridays: Grilled Peaches with Maple Caramel Sauce and Ice Cream
by guest blogger, Kelly Madey, I am still very much in vacation mode, despite the fact that vacation officially ended last week. As I sit here, staring at the aftermath of our trip—a gigantic pile...
Fresh Fridays: Corn, Zucchini & Poblano Pepper “Succotash”
In this series, local chefs give us their favorite recipes, full of fresh, seasonal ingredients, just in time for the weekend. By Chef Max Hansen, MaxHansenCaterer and the Max Hansen Carversville Grocery, The arrival of summer portends the...
Recipes for the season: Summer corn chowder
by guest blogger Kelly Madey, It was a classic case
Of my eyes
Being much bigger
Than my belly. The first sweet corn of the season,
And I just couldn’t resist
Bringing home an insane amount of corn
For a mere family...
Recipes for the season: Tomatillos and pork loin
By Chef Rich Baringer, An item that I’ve noticed more and more at many farmers’ markets over the last couple years is the tomatillo. You’ve seen them—they look like small green tomatoes wrapped in a...
Pasta on a cool summer evening
We had planned for salad caprese. Fresh mozzarella - check. Basil - check. Beautiful, multi-colored heirloom tomatoes from the farm - check. But then the weather turned cool and rainy and I just wanted...
A circus in your mouth
July, 2018 By guest blogger, Rich Baringer, Remember this Seinfeld episode? Kramer: Well, they’re in…
Jerry: What’s in?
Kramer: The Macanaw peaches, Jerry! The Macanaw peaches!
Jerry: Ah, right. The ones from Oregon that are only ripe for two weeks...
A few of my favorite things
With corn season upon us, my mouth begins to water at the thought of some of my favorite corn recipes. There's Mexican-style Grilled Corn (courtesy of Cook's Illustrated) - which, by the way, gets...
A summer Italian feast
by guest blogger Rich Baringer, I've been doing cooking demonstrations this summer at the Blooming Glen Farm, a local community supported agriculture farm, in Blooming Glen. Last week I put together this delicious Italian-themed meal for...
