Creamy Polenta with Spicy Summer Vegetable Ragu

Creamy Polenta with Spicy Summer Vegetable Ragu

Slow to get moving, we had a cup of hotel coffee that wasn’t entirely unpalatable and then a walk on the overcast beach before pointing the car towards the hills where more vineyards awaited us. Having driven this coastline before, I remembered a little sandwich shop...
Prayers for the Innocent

Prayers for the Innocent

It was April 20, 1999 when I received a terrified call from my mother, “Is Sean at school” she asked on the verge of tears. “Yes,” I said, “What’s wrong”? Barely able to speak through her sobs, she told be that there where two gunmen holding children hostage in a high...
Quick Pickled Cucumbers

Quick Pickled Cucumbers

Here is something simple to make as as a side dish or an accompaniment to grilled burgers or fish. Forget about the store bought pickles…these are cool, crisp, actually, I’m a bit addicted to these at the moment, eating them on sliced bread with a little...
Spicy Noodle Salad

Spicy Noodle Salad

Fishers Island holds a special place in my heart as it was the place where my family would gather during the summer months, where I raised my son for the first years of his life and where I realized my true passion and talent for cooking. My husband at the time Tom,...
Homemade Vanilla Honey Yogurt

Homemade Vanilla Honey Yogurt

Yogurt..I wondered if I could make it without all of the gadgets, making it the old fashion way. Let’s face it, back in 1500 BC they weren’t making yogurt with electric yogurt makers. I remembered my mother making it back in the seventies and I recalled...