New recipe, August 23, 2022

Palmitos Aguachile Verde (Chile Lime Hearts of Palm) from NYT Cooking. This is a fun and quick dish, nice with tortilla chips. We give this a 3.

New recipe, August 22, 2022

What do you do with a garden full of tomatillos, summer squash and jalapeños? Grated Squash, Corn and Tomatillo Tacos, made with Quick Green Tomatillo Salsa, both from NYT Cooking. The salsa is interesting and tasty, with broiled tomatillos and the other ingredients fresh. And the tacos are awesome! We give this a 5!

New recipe, August 21, 2022

Rice Cake Soup with Bok Choy and Edamame from NYT Cooking. Tasty and comforting. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 20, 2022

Rosie Ranch Water from Epicurious. Ranch water may be the rage in Texas but we are underwhelmed. To us this is watered down and unbalanced. It gets a 2.

New recipe, August 19, 2022

Beefsteak Tomato and Burrata Salad with Olive Streusel from the March 2017 Food and Wine. We didn't have beefsteaks, so we used what is fresh from the garden. Great and creative flavors and textures. We give this a 5!

New recipe, August 18, 2022

Orecchiette with Marinated Eggplant Burrata and Chiles from the July 2010 Food and Wine. Another simple dish with spectacular flavors. This gets a 5!

New recipe, August 17, 2022

The new recipe is Braised Pork All'arrabbiata from NYT Cooking. With a salad and NYT Cooking's Best Gazpacho. The pork is wonderful! It gets a 5!

New recipe, August 16, 2022

Grilled Summer Squash with Blue Cheese and Pecans from the June 2016 Food and Wine. This is quite tasty. We give it a 4.

New recipe, August 15, 2022

Caramelized Tomato Tarte Tatin from NYT Cooking. What a delightful dish! We give this a 5.

New recipes, August 13, 2022

Hobak Jeon (Pan Fried Zucchini)and Grilled Gochujang Pork with Frrsh Sesame Kimchi, both from NYT Cooking. These both get a 5. Wonderful flavors, especially the dipping sauce for the zucchini.

New recipes, August 14, 2022

Curried Summer Squash Soup and Meera Sodha's Chicken Curry. Both from NYT Cooking. The flavors in the soup never quite melded together, so it gets a 3. The flavors of the chicken curry are rich and layered. It gets a 5!

New recipe, August 11, 2022

Watermelon Lime and White Pepper Yogurt Drink. This is pleasant and refreshing. We give this a 3.

New recipe, August 11, 2022

Creamy Lemony Pasta from NYT Cooking. Simple, bright and tasty. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 10, 2022

Kimchi Carbonara from NYT Cooking. We really enjoyed this Korean variation on the classic. We give this a 5!

New recipe, August 9, 2022

Quick Chicken Karahi (Spicy Chicken and Tomatoes with Chiles) from NYT Cooking. Not for the faint of heart, it is pretty spicy, but such great layers of flavor! Another 5!

New recipes, August 8, 2022

Sauteed Shishito Peppers (no photo), and Grilled Ratatouille Pasta Salad, both from Epicurious. Both are 5s. The addition of lemon juice to the peppers, along with sticking to medium heat, makes these the best shishitos we have had. And the salad is a nice play on ratatouille, with wonderful added depth from the grilled vegetables.

New recipe, August 7, 2022

Pork Tonkatsu with Watermelon Tomato Salad from Epicurious. This is really delicious! We give this a 5.

New recipe, August 6, 2022

Australian Zucchini Slice from NYT Cooking. Tasty way to use zucchini from the garden. This gets a 3.

New recipe, August 5, 2022

There is a reason we love our diner burgers! This Oklahoma Onion Burger from NYT Cooking is simple and delicious! Stacks of onion that get caramelized are wonderful. This gets a 5. And we can imagine using Swiss or Cheddar in place of the American jazz would raise it another notch! Yum!

New recipe, August 4, 2022

Grilled Watermelon Salad with Lime Mango Dressing and Cornbread Croutons from Epicurious. This is an interesting salad with a variety of flavors. I used a cornbread mix that is fairly sweet. I think this would have been better with a savory, unsweetened cornbread, but still fun. It gets a 4.

New recipe, August2, 2023

Joyce's Vietnamese Chicken Meatballs in Lettuce Wraps from the June 2006 Food and Wine. Great melange of flavors, this gets a 5!

New recipe, August 1, 2022

Eggplant Ravaiya from NYT Cooking. This is a delicious eggplant stuffed with a spiced peanut sauce. This gets an enthusiastic 5!

New recipe, July 31, 2022

Watermelon Gazpacho with Feta Crema from Epicurious. Gazpacho seems like a simple concept, but there are so many interesting variations. This one is delicious and worth making. It gets a 5.

New recipes, July 30, 2022

Two Yotam Ottolenghi recipes from NYT Cooking. Grilled Cucumbers with Tomato Cardamom Dressing and Mozzarella, served with Jerusalem Lamb Shawarma. Ottolenghi is a master of combining flavors and preparing food in unexpected ways. The cucumber dish is incredible and gets a 5. The flavors of the lamb are also amazing, but parts of it came out rather dry. Our leg didn't have much fat on it, and the oven is a convection oven—wondering if one of those is why it came out dry. Loved the flavor, wish it was moister, so it gets a 4.

New recipe, July 29, 2022

The Say Anything cocktail from Epicurious. Kind of like a mojito, a Margarita and a watermelon has a baby together. It is really excellent, it gets a 5.

New recipe, July 28, 2022

Zucchini Curry from Mrishtanna.com. A simple and very satisfying vegetable curry. This gets a 4.