Summer Corn Chowder with Scallions, Bacon and Potatoes

I received a jalapeno pepper from the CSA last weekend and I didn’t know what to do with it until I came across this recipe.   There’s a farm stand very close to our house, so I was able to get 5 beautiful ears of fresh corn to go in the soup.   There’s nothing like [...]

Grilled Potato Slices with Salt and Vinegar

If you like salt and vinegar potato chips and you have a barbecue, this recipe is for you.   These potatoes have a real vinegary bite to them.   They’re perfect for serving with grilled fish or chicken.

I love to grill as much as I can in the summer.  It’s just so easy – much easier than [...]

Ranch Potato Salad

I subscribe to some recipe newsletters and this recipe came to me recently be email. I love a good potato salad in the summer, and this looked interesting enough for me to want to give it a try. This is currently my go-to potato salad recipe, and I love it, [...]

Curried Carrot Soup

I made this great white bean soup on Shelter Island last weekend, but unfortunately we left the camera in Shelter Island, so I can’t post the recipe yet. As soon as we get out there again, I’ll post it because the soup was really delicious. Charles and I finished [...]

Crisp Roasted Potatoes

My boys LOVE these potatoes.   They’re really crispy on the outside and nice and light on the inside.   They’re some of the best roasted potatoes I’ve ever eaten.   They’re best eaten hot from the oven, but I like them as leftovers as well, although they’re not as crispy the second time around.  I found this [...]

Roasted Potatoes

These potatoes are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, and three of my four boys enjoy them. You can’t knock a recipe that 75% of the boys like.   I make a kids-version of this recipe and an adult-version.  I like both, but I much prefer the adult-version with its herbs and [...]

New Potato Salad

My parents, my sister and her new baby came to visit us on Shelter Island today. I served sausages and peppers for lunch with a side of this homemade potato salad. As usual, I started the recipe a little late, and didn’t read all of the directions before I launched into it. [...]

Buttermilk Summer Squash Soup

I found these beautiful squash at our local farmer’s market last Thursday (picture below).   I had never seen a squash like this before.   They were like a cross between zucchini and yellow summer squash.   Aren’t they pretty?   I saw them sitting there and couldn’t pass them up.   I have since learned that they’re called zephyr [...]

Roasted Potato Leek Soup

I really love to make soup in the wintertime.   It’s great on a cold night, and I really enjoy eating the leftovers for lunch for the next couple of days.  This soup is incredibly hearty with a wonderful flavor.  It doesn’t taste like your traditional potato leek soup.   This soup has depth.

The recipe is [...]

Scalloped Potato Gratin

When the weather starts to get a little nippy, I long to cook hearty soups and casseroles.   Last week I bought some locally-grown baby red potatoes that needed to be eaten, so I decided to make a potato gratin tonight.  Some friends had also decided to stop by for dinner, so this seemed like [...]