At the Market we roast every vegetable you can imagine, (and some you might not) from radishes to cauliflower to beets to cabbage. Root vegetables, like these parsnips, are particularly popular, I think because the roasting makes root vegetables candy-sweet.
Turnip Apple Mash with Thyme
November 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In the fall and winter, I could eat rich, creamy, comforting sides like this one every day. Turnips tend to be bitter, so they really benefit from the sweetness of the apple.
Grilled Sausage and Potato Salad with Spinach, Red Onion, and Brewmaster Mustard Vinaigrette
October 26, 2010 by 2 Comments
Brewmaster is my favorite of the many types of mustards that we sell at the Market. If you can’t find it, improvise by stirring a little brown sugar and dark beer into whole-grain mustard. With sausage and spinach tossed in with the potatoes, this salad is a meal in itself.
Sweet Potato Buttermilk Biscuits
October 10, 2010 by 5 Comments
I give the method for baking a sweet potato in this recipe, but the truth is that leftover sweet potatoes, like Orange-Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes, are invariably what inspire me to make these. In a perfect world, I eat them warm topped with maple Sweetened Butter.
Lemon-Dill Vinaigrette
June 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Makes about 1 1/2 cups vinaigrette 1/4 cup white wine vinegar Grated zest and juice of 2 lemons 2 tablespoons peeled, grated fresh ginger 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill 1/2 cup canola or safflower oil 1/4 cup olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Combine the vinegar, lemon zest, lemon juice, ginger, […]
Shrimp Salad with Lemon-Dill Vinaigrette
June 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
You can cook the shrimp and toss it with the vinaigrette a day in advance, then mix with the vegetables just before serving. The Lemon-Dill Vinaigrette is also delicious drizzled over grilled fish or shrimp or on Cucumber, Avocado, and Tomato Salad.
Fall-off-the-Bone Baby Back Ribs
June 4, 2010 by 3 Comments
For years I played around with barbecue ribs, trying to find a way to make them so that the meat was moist and tender but also relatively quick and easy. A few years back, Shay, who worked with me since the opening of Foster’s Market, gave me her recipe for ribs, and they’re as good […]
Peter’s All-World Burgers
May 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
My husband, Peter, is the burger cook in our family. When he decides it’s burger night, he makes a huge production of it—all the condiments must be on the table and everyone seated the moment the patties come off the grill. He likes to use ground beef with 15% fat. The fat makes the burgers […]
Corn on the Cob Your Way
May 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In the South, a lot of people grow their own corn. It’s one of the first crops of early summer and one everyone looks foward to, like the first local peaches. When it’s fresh and in season, corn on the cob is just about everyone’s favorite side dish, and because it’s so easy to prepare, […]
Sweet Fruit-Full Breakfast Bread Pudding
April 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Laura Cyr, who’s known as the “Casserole Queen” at Foster’s Market, created this. She gave me this recipe, but admits that she never sticks to it. Depending on what she finds when she arrives at the Market in the morning, she might use day-old bread, or stale or broken pound cake, scones, or biscuits. Serves […]