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Nostalgia for the Meals of a Farmboy
Lately, I’ve been thinking nostalgically about some of the dishes that I ate as a youngster. Maybe it’s because it’s the time of year when we began to prep the vast fields for planting – discing under the prior year’s…
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What Ever Happened to Casseroles?
I sometimes miss casseroles. When I was growing up, these baked meals were the farm cook’s saving grace – a filling meal that could be assembled and baked in the oven to satisfy a hungry bunch of harvesting farmers. Besides…
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From A to Zucchini
We’ve come to the point of maximum squash in the summer growing season. Neighbor gardeners are offering it for free, farmer’s markets are chocked with it, and prices at the supermarket are reaching seasonal lows. For me, a little zucchini…
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Mac and Cheese – the World’s Most Beloved Comfort Food
Is it macaroni and cheese, mac and cheese, or macaroni cheese? Depends on where you’re from. In Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., there are different names, but it’s essentially the same dish that’s at least hundreds of years old.…
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Fun with Tater Tots
You may not be well-acquainted with Tater Tots, but you’ll find them in any supermarket freezer section. And you’ll probably be seeing more of them in the future. They’re beginning to catch on here in the Northeast, even in finer…
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Next Steps for the Starving, Reluctant Cook
Don’t cook? Don’t like to? Yet you have to eat. Don’t just survive on cereal or a tin of sardines. Cooking can be fun, and it doesn’t have to be complicated or mysterious. If Farmboy can do it, you can…
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Mom’s Scalloped Corn
An old family recipe. My mother makes this often, based on her mother's recipe.
