Annie had such a delicious success with the Roasted Leg of Lamb recipe from “Cooking In Style the Costco Way” that she picked up another Costco cookbook, “Easy Cooking the Costco Way”. In it, she found a recipe for polenta pie that she really wanted to try.
Normally, we buy polenta in a thick, sausage-like tube from Trader Joe’s. We cut the tube up into rounds and then pan fry or grill them. The polenta cakes then serve as the base for any number of different main dishes. Continue reading Polenta Pie→
"Cuostralee" heirloom tomato from last year’s harvest
I didn’t get a chance to weigh it but it must have been about a half-pound in weight and 5 inches in diameter. The amazing thing is the amount of flesh on the ‘mater – the whole center section is solid. What I liked about it was the pretty design that the seed pockets made.
Otherwise known by its Latin name Luffa Acutangula, Loofah Squash, Chinese Okra, or a myriad other names all over the world. When raised to maturity, it can be dried and used as a body scrub. But if harvested when still young, its flesh is sweet and can be used as a vegetable in many different, delicious ways. Continue reading Stir-Fried Sequa→
The first cake I ever baked was so bad that I have erased detailed memories of it. What I do remember is my friends laughing because when they bit into it, they could bite into the sugar in the cake (I had not creamed it enough). Suffice to say, it was not my best effort. Continue reading Third Aunt’s Butter Cake→
