According to Margaret Roach, all this hot weather lately has caused a lot of our basil to bolt so of course it’s time to start thinking about making pesto. Which means it’s also time to think about how to save this unmistakable taste of bright summer days for those dark, cold days of winter ahead. [...]
Vegetables & Salads 
Creamy Cucumber Salad
We were inspired by Margaret Roach’s Summer Fest cross blog food event. Each week she’s asking readers to post their favorite seasonal recipes using a specific veggie. Last week was Cuke ‘n Zuke week so we’re bringing back this favorite Creamy Cucumber Salad recipe from our Hammertown archives. Enjoy! Madonna’s Creamy Cucumber Salad by [...]
Grilled Chicken, Tomato, Mozzarella & Snow Pea Salad with Cilantro Agave Dressing
Please welcome our new guest recipe blogger, Doris Cassar. This is the beginning of our food series by Doris who is not only a friend and a customer but also a fabulous cook! Every other week we’ll be sharing one of her favorite recipes. Here’s the first: Grilled Chicken, Tomato, Mozzarella and Snow Pea Salad [...]
Spicy Broccoli Rabe Bruschette
I just love the taste of Broccoli Rabe — especially freshly picked from your garden or your local farmers market . This is such a delicious recipe and it’s so easy it feels like your cheating. Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb. broccoli rabe 5 TBL olive oil, plus extra for brushing and drizzling 3 cloves of [...]
Summer Potato Salad (with yogurt & horseradish)
I'm always on the lookout for ideas for our own Lifestyle Blog and I often find websites that give me a lot of inspiration...and sometimes great recipes! Here's one for a summer potato salad made with yogurt so not only easy and different, it's not as fattening or ...
Healthy Seasonal Recipes: Fresh Corn Salad
What could be a better seasonal recipe for warm, July summer days? From The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (the first cookbook in the series...it's a great, basic cookbook). I love this healthy recipe -- Oprah loves it too!!
Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Kale
It’s June and we’ve finally got fresh-picked greens to cook with. In fact, I just got my first share from our local CSA, Sol Flower Farms, and it was loaded with great stuff like spinach, arugula, baby bok choy and one of my favorites — KALE! So course, I turned to Alice Waters for a [...]
Mario Batali’s Three Bean Salad
Mario Batali’s newest cookbook, Molto Gusto, Easy Italian Cooking, brings simple Italian fare into our homes. The recipes are modeled from his restaurant Otto Enoteca Pizzeria, located in the historic One Fifth Avenue building in New York. With this new cookbook, you can have the flavors of Otto at home.
Lemon Caper Vinaigrette (from Job Yacubian)
I am volunteering to make salad dressing for the annual Ancramdale Neighbors Helping Neighbors Pig Roast/Chicken BBQ (on Sunday May 30th from 12:00 to 4:00. Click here for more details.) I usually make my own favorite dressing, but at our Farm to Table Dinner with Job Yacubian, the entire class was begging for the vinaigrette [...]
Sesame Roasted Asparagus
Yes…asparagus is here. The first harvest of spring! This recipe is simple but oh…so good and comes from the White Dog Cafe in Philadelphia. The restaurant was founded in 1983 by social activist, entrepreneur and idealist, Judy Wicks (one of the women featured in the book “Farmer Jane”).
