Rustic Chicken Thighs with All of the Garlic
When moving into a brand new house in Rockland, Maine in the middle of the winter, during a week where a snowstorm literally every…
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Tri-Color Penne with Creamy Ricotta (and a Poached Egg)
Malcolm and I moved in together for the first time in the summer of 2000. We sublet a one bedroom apartment from a graduate…
Spicy Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Pita Sandwiches
It didn’t take long for Patrick, the grey beponytailed owner of Rockland’s long-shuttered “Second Read Books & Coffee,” to notice that I didn’t seem…
Seared Halloumi and Roasted Vegetable Sandwich
After college, when Malcolm moved into his own, one-bedroom apartment in Astoria Queens, I rode the train to New York a lot. I had an…
Chicken Tikka Tacos
This dinner is easy, and will make you seem like a hero to your family. Theseus, who fought the awful Minotaur in a labyrinth,…
Roasted Garlic Macaroni and Cheese
My favorite thing about being back in the “real world” of working 9-5 (aside from the steady paycheck, the validation and collaboration with peers…
White Pizza Grilled Cheese (Homemade)
Today’s sandwich is the “White Pizza Grilled Cheese.” It combines ricotta, mozzarella, garlic, red pepper flakes, and fresh basil on toasted bread. Notes: We…
Whole Baked Garlic with Bleu Cheese
One of the coziest restaurants in Rockland to sit and watch the snow fall has to be In Good Company, a small, inviting restaurant…
Clams Casino
Growing up in Maine, I was used to pretty simple seafood preparations. In Maine (and particularly in the 1980s), most of the clams, mussels,…
Mussels with Sausages, Onions and Fennel
This is a pleasing, rustic, one-pan dish that makes a weekday dinner feel like a French party in the country. Have you been to…
Broccoli Rabe, Spicy Sausage, and Ricotta on Garlic-Rubbed Bread
If you haven’t been in Maine this week, you are missing out on magic. Whatever the cause, it has been undeniably wonderful to be…
How To Roast a Chicken
Roasting a chicken is one of my skills, but the truth is it couldn’t be simpler. I will henceforth disclose the method I have…
Linguine with Mussels and Clams
A wader-wearing fisherman steps out smiling from the refrigerated barnlike structure, where haddock and other local fishes are getting sorted and processed, cleaned, scaled and filleted,…
Schnitzel-wich With Garlic Butter And Spicy Relish
Because I seem to have taken on a subconscious quest to become some sort of 300 pound guy, today I drizzled hot butter onto…
Curry Marinated Chicken Skewers with Homemade Tomato Dill Tzatziki
Seventy-two degree afternoons with a light breeze and a few fluffy, white clouds passing overhead. This is why we love living in Maine in…
BLT Pasta
You must make this. I made it up myself and it is awesome. Like most everything I cook, it’s super simple. There are components,…
Authentic Ribollita Recipe
Filling this snug house with comfort and warmth, this authentic Ribollita recipe abounds with flavor. Shall we get started… Ingredients 3 diced strips of…
Steamed Mussels With White Wine And Garlic
One of the great things about living in Maine, is that an “economical” dinner can often include steamed lobster, clams, or in this case,…
White Bean And Red Pepper Spread
One fine fall day in 1983, my best friend KG had a scathingly brilliant idea. We would, in the tradition of children from time…
Green Goddess Quinoa Recipe
My husband will not tolerate quinoa. The very utterance of its name sends him running from the room. I, being very delicate and dedicated…