Zucchini Refrigerator Pickles

Zucchini Refrigerator Pickles

As a half-assed gardener with a strong brown thumb, the one thing I manage to successfully grow year after year is a surplus of zucchini. Don’t ask me why – I have no clue. Perhaps it’s the winning combination of neglect and a moist, rainy climate. At any rate, each year I have more zucchini than I could ever possibly eat, and a freezer full of shredded zucchini that takes up space. One can eat only so much zucchini bread, after all.

Wild Mushroom Risotto

Wild Mushroom Risotto

What the heck is risotto and how does it do that thing it does? Hey, I though rice was an Asian thing, not Italian? Ok, here’s a quick breakdown for you. Risotto is indeed an Italian rice dish, more specifically a Northern Italian rice dish. Usually round, medium or short grain, the most common types of rice used for making risotto are Aborio, Carnaroli, Maratelli and Vialone Nano. You’ll have the most luck finding Aborio in American grocery store, but the latter three are truly the best when it comes to a killer risotto.

Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Vietnamese food is one of my favorite, and perhaps one of the more interesting, cuisines of Southeast Asia. Although Vietnam was originally part of Imperial China, the French swooped in during the early 19th Century, colonized the entire country, and introduced their cooking style to the locals. By 1954 the locals had kicked the French oppressors back out of their homeland, but the fusion of both foods and languages stuck like a porcupine in bubble wrap.

Vegetable Watercress Soup

Vegetable Watercress Soup

A while back I watched some horrific video on how our meat is handled while it still has a heartbeat, and decided to become a vegetarian. It was short lived however, when I discovered that there were humane ways to put meat in the grocery store.

Gluten-Free Corn Chowder

Gluten-Free Corn Chowder

Gluten-Free Corn Chowder Recipe While it may be bright and sunny skies where you live in mid-March, here in New England we’re getting an 18″ of snow! Who better to make a chowder than a New Englander on a snowy day! I’m a huge fan of chowder, but the...