peas at a party

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the National Mango Board is sponsoring a Cinco de Mango blog event, hosted by the generous Chris at Mele Cotte.

This dish received the highest honor at a Derby party this past weekend.  As I joined a group at one of the tables, one (delightful) lady remarked, “This mango salsa is wonderful.”  […]

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Passover begins today at sundown.  Haroset (also charoset or charoses) is the one symbolic food from the ritual Passover plate that usually becomes part of the meal.  It is a reminder of the mortar used to make bricks when the Jews were slaves in Egypt.  At one time it was ground to more resemble the mortar.
Today there […]

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I’m adding to my list of prepared salad dressings. That would be the list of dressings worthy of taking up space in my fridge. Generally, I’m a fan of fresher dressings, but sometimes grabbing a bottle and giving it a few shakes is a life saver.
The “approved” list . . .

Balsamic Vinaigrette, such as the […]

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