Spruce Tips
Spruce Tips, a harbinger of Spring. The tender little new growth that grows in the Spring on Spruce trees makes a delightful and refreshing sorbet. Check out the video where Chef Adam Diltz picks...
View ArticleForgotten History: Catfish and Waffles
Catfish and Waffles Chicken and waffles is a Pennsylvanian Dutch dish, a way of utilizing a chicken carcass the day after the Sunday roast, using the leftover chicken by making a gravy to pour over...
View ArticleWild Grape Juice
Wild Grape Juice In the Fall, when the vines were full of ripe grapes, my family would pick all they could around the woods and then my grandmother would put them in canning jars with water and sugar...
View ArticleForgotten History: Blue Shackamaxon Bean
Blue Shackamaxon Bean William Woys Weaver in his amazing book- Heirloom Vegetable Gardening – says the name refers to a place along the Delaware River in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia....
View ArticleShoofly Cake
When I was young, I’d visit my great-grandmother, Leola Andreas, -Grammy Oley we called her, on her farm, she was a true farmhouse cook, in a room next to the kitchen, she kept all sorts of pies-apple...
View ArticleCape May Salt Oyster Farm Visit
Last week I had the opportunity to visit Cape May Salt Oyster Farms. https://capemaysaltoysterfarms.com/ Brian showed us the oyster flats from raising them to cleaning and boxing them for the market....
View ArticlePheasant and Poetry
I recently had a chance to visit the Woodmere Museum in Chestnut Hill. It’s a great museum that has some interesting exhibits, one of them really spoke to me- Hearing the Brush: The painting and poetry...
View ArticlePennsylvania Dutch Folk Tale Dinner
Join us December 4th for a fundraiser for Roughwood Seed Collection. Dr. William Woys Weaver will be reading a Christmas story from his new book- Folk Tales of the Pennsylvania Dutch -and Chef Adam...
View ArticleMaple Sugar
Apple Fritter inspired by a recipe from Martha Washington’s Family Manuscript tossed with Maple Sugar made from my brother at The Blind Pig Kitchen I recently did a private tea service where I wanted...
View ArticleOyster with Sauternes
Oysters with Sauternes sorbet and horseradish mignonette– I have to serve oysters at The Gilded Age Luncheon They were crazy for oysters back then and especially the East Coast oysters that grew in...
View ArticleTeaberry Ice Cream
A true Northeastern PA summer treat, teaberry is my favorite ice cream flavor. Ice cream shops back home always had the brink pink Pepto-Bismal colored, slightly minty flavored ice cream. Our mom...
View ArticleVenison Shanks
On a cold day in Winter, nothing is more comforting than a braised venison shank. In the video below, Chef Adam Diltz shows you how to make your own shank at home. The post Venison Shanks appeared...
View ArticleMorning on the Wissahickon
Everyone knows that Edgar Allan Poe lived in Philadelphia, but did you know that in the 1840s he penned an ode to one of our scenic waterways? We had a fun Edgar Allan Poe dinner and our second course...
View ArticleShad Roe
A true early Spring treat, which at one time was highly sought out, even more so than the Shad itself. Cooked gently to keep the eggs from popping too excessively, it’s a rich and flavorful roe and...
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