Table@Home Recipes: Chicken with mushrooms and herbs
Chicken with Mushrooms and Herbs Ingredients: 3 boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1 head of garlic, cloves removed and sliced thin 1 cup dry white wine 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1...
View ArticleTable@Home: Learning to love this magical fungus
Mushrooms and Daydreams By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home You couldn’t pay my son Elliot to eat a mushroom. Mushrooms embody all the things he believes unpalatable: They are brown, spongy, soft, and he...
View ArticleTable@Home: This harbinger of spring spruces up just about any meal
Chive Cravings By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home The chives in my garden are like a dependable old friend: They’re always around when I need them. Nothing, it seems, stops them from making an appearance...
View ArticleTable@Home: Sometimes easing up on healthy eating is smart
Time to Make the Fried Food By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home “What’s all this?” Paul had walked into the kitchen and found us surrounded by a huge mess. My trusty old cast-iron skillet was filled with...
View ArticleTable@Home: Zucchini recipes
Recipes by Caroline Barrett/Life@Home Crispy Fried Zucchini with Horseradish Sauce ingredients: 2 medium zucchini sea salt 1 cup white flour 1 cup beer cracked pepper canola oil, for frying dressing...
View ArticleTable@Home: Farmer’s market protocol and the allure of eggplant
Can’t Touch That By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home Don’t you love to see the fresh fruits and vegetables at the farmers markets? The height of the growing season brings us so many beautiful things to see...
View ArticleTable@Home: Marking the close of a long, hot summer
Berry Good By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home I savor the long days of summer. I love the sandy, hot days spent with my family at the beach, the hikes on a sunny trail and even the lazy days lounging about...
View ArticleTable@Home: Rules Are for Breaking…
…Except for the One About Food By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home There aren’t a lot of rules in our house. We do have a few, however, that you wouldn’t expect. Tops must be put back on markers. It’s pretty...
View ArticleTable@Home: Returning from a week of meat gluttony
Beet-arific By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home My daughter Lucy is a vegetarian. It all started in the spring of 2010, and, to be honest, I had hoped it was a passing phase. Selfishly, I didn’t want to do...
View ArticleTable@Home: A wonderful fruit to behold – and eat
Pairs of Pears By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home Pears have great personality. Each has its own look: leaning this way or that, bright green, pale yellow or deep scarlet red. No matter the color or size,...
View ArticleTable@Home: Thai noodle warm-up
Creature Comfort By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home “It’s you!” Elliot jumped up from his chair and pointed a finger at me. “I knew it was you!” This yelling startled me from my dreamy gaze out our back...
View ArticleTable@Home: A fire, a book and a pot of sauce bubbling on the stove
There’s No Place Like Home By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home Imagine this: it’s 22 degrees outside.The afternoon sun is almost gone and the black, leafless tree limbs bend against the fierce wind. Inside,...
View ArticleTable@Home: Maple syrup’s the real thing will do
Mmmmm, Maple Syrup By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home My kids can enjoy dubiously healthy food as much as anyone. Zoe loves macaroni and cheese from a box and Elliot craves burgers from the drive-through....
View ArticleTable@Home: You can have local corn in April. We’re not kidding!
Corny Jokes By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home My family likes to play April Fool’s jokes. We go with the goofy, fun stuff. Zoe and I once dumped a healthy dose of cayenne pepper into Paul’s coffee. He knew...
View ArticleTable@Home: May means the grilling just got easier
Burgers: A Grilling Love Story By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home May brings the long-awaited, much-anticipated arrival of grilling season. It’s the beginning of the season where, if it’s not going to be...
View ArticleTable@Home: Sweet, succulent strawberries mark summer’s start
Berry Nice By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home June mornings are funny. They have the luster of summer days with bright sunshine and warm air. It’s a hint of the good things to come for my children — slow...
View ArticleTable@Home: Fresh local veggies from the farmers market
Summer’s Bounty By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home For Paul and me, weekends are not what they used to be. People told me it would be this way, but I didn’t believe it until it happened. Gone are the long,...
View ArticleTable@Home: Recreating a vacation salad at home
California Dreamin’ By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home When my sister earned her master’s degree this May, she invited me to California to celebrate and spend a few days with her. Yes, I told her. Yes. Yes....
View ArticleTable@Home: Where salad and soccer intersect
Carrot Tops By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home My son Elliot is a cool little guy. He’s a sweet, mellow soul and — most of the time — will sit and read, listen to music or just talk. And although he is only...
View ArticleTable@Home: A salad to echo the colors around us
Autumnal Splendor By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home I’m at my best in the fall. My kids boo and hiss and shake their heads when I say this. Summer is over, they say. School is starting, they whine. Who...
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