Roasted Vegetables with Pineapple Sage and Olive Oil

I used to love to get the Roasted Vegetables at Whole Foods. I also made them during my tenure there as Catering Director. It was amazingly easy to prepare. I have waited recently to make them and soon found inspiration after my mid-week visit to the farmer’s market. The best find: White Japanese Eggplant, Pineapple…

Cupcakes and Farm Food

You ask what the two have in common- nothing except me. I am working this spring and summer on a cupcake series based on the cookbook “Hello Cupcake!” Not to be outdone by cuteness, I will be cooking a savory component using local in-season farmer’s market ingredients from “The New Southern Garden Cookbook.” And because I need another…

Egypt~Romaine Salad with Grapes & Fried Feta Balls (Salata bil Aghnib wa Gebna Makleyah)

GREAT BALLS OF FETA!! Gebna, discovered in tombs around 3200BC, is cheese that is native to Egypt and very similar in taste and texture to feta. Ancient Egyptians were masters in the art of agriculture. Thinking of gardening, look to the Egyptians for help. Carvings and wall paintings found in the tombs of Egypt depict…