Milk and Honey, a lovely little grocery on Baltimore Ave. in West Philly, sells local produce and foods and specialty food items, alongside olives (I’m obsessed with the Sicilian Green), international cheeses and deli meats. The also offer ice cream, pastries, prepared food, and a full breakfast and lunch menu. On a recent sunny Saturday [...]
Archive for September, 2010
25 Sep
Roasted Butternut Squash and Carmelized Onion Tarte
A last-minute minute potluck dinner party, I’m hosting, and I find that I do not have the phyllo dough in the freezer that I thought I had. Nevermind, I decided to make a risotto instead. But the aborio box only has a cup of rice in it! A quick ingredient search on epicurious.com (squash, onions, [...]
22 Sep
Giant Crusty and Creamy White Beans with Greens
I’ve been enjoying recipes in Heidi Swanson’s “Simply Natural Cooking.” While I don’t usually follow recipes to a T, a new cookbook always offers new inspiration, and Heidi’s recipes aren’t so complicated that they can’t be made for a weekday evening dinner. I also love her focus on vegetarian superfoods, grains, and vegetables! Above is [...]
17 Sep
Pickled Hot Cherry Peppers
I first got a bag of these beautiful hot cherry peppers at a stand in New Jersey, and then they started showing up in my CSA. I love peppers, but what to do with them all? I found this great recipe from Martha Stewart (I know, I know). These little peppers are especially great cold [...]
15 Sep
Kite and Key
In all honesty, I never meant to eat at Kite and Key. After a Sunday trip to the Art Museum, I stopped by Bishop’s Collar, but was disappointed by their lack of vegetarian options. I biked over to the Fairmount Sabrina’s Cafe, but they were closed for Labor Day weekend. Unable to pedal any longer [...]
12 Sep
Brunch at Local 44 – Rueben for the win!
Local 44 has just (finally!) revealed a new brunch menu, Memphis Taproom/Ressurentction Alehouse owners have finally brought us the vegetarian and vegan options to rival MTR (Don’t even get me started on the fried pickles). I stopped in on brunch opening weekend, and had a hard time making a decisions. Eventually, I went with the [...]
8 Sep
Late summer white lasagna
I started out thinking that I would make an easy pasta dinner. But then I realized that I had a jar of sungold tomato sauce, made the week before, that I needed to use. And some cherry tomatoes that needed roasted, and a big handful of collard greens, and a log of goat cheese and [...]
