I’m a fan of ground beef. I like it simply prepared as a hamburger, or added in stir fries, mixed in casseroles, and added to so many main dishes. Hamburger meat often comes to the table with assorted ingredients like tomatoes, onion, celery, beans, cheese, plus many vegetable choices. Sauces too are a popular ingredient…
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Split Pea-Barley, Potato-Turkey Soup
My siblings and I grew up eating luscious homemade soups, but, nothing that my mother cooked. We had a Hungarian housekeeper, Ann Kaufman. (Before Ann came to work for us, when I was 1 year old, she was married briefly to a Jewish man who died shortly after they married, that’s how she ended…
Chicken Florentine soup with zucchini, mushrooms, potatoes and barley
50 minutes later, I spooned toothsome,fluffy barley into my soup
Tender, Juicy Leg of Lamb alongside bok choy, red peppers, and roasted potatoes
I remember, from my childhood, eating succulent loin lamb chops for dinner. We ate them regularly, gobbling up every bit as us kids, my three younger siblings and I, chewed them down to the bone. What a luxury it was, I see now, upon an adult reflection. Price wise, these choice ribs can cost nearly…
Cookbooks up on new bookshelf
This is my first official blog post since my friend Sabina Espinet, an excellent graphic designer, fixed my website. Over the last several years my bookshelves have been bulging, overflowing with poetry, gardening, memoir books, books on writing and now cookbooks. Many of the excessive amount of books have ended up stacked neatly on my…
Marilyn Raff 