COOKING ON THE RIVER

PUREED CRANBERRY BEANS These autumn harvest beans are also called BORLOTTI in Italian. Look for the fresh mottled red and white marbled pod...

Taste of the AGA On October 19th I will be presenting a program for the NYWCA (New York Women's Culinary Alliance) which is titled ...

Pizza Judge On Columbus Day, October 9th, from 1pm to 4pm I was one of the judges for the 2nd Annual Rockland Tasty N'Healthy Pizza Cont...

PRICES PRICES QUESTIONS QUESTIONS To find out prices for Cooking on the River services and to ask me any questions do either of the followi...

PICKLES Peter Piper Picked a Pack of Pickles How Many Pickles Did Peter Piper Pick Oh, yeah... It's August. The new Kirby cucumbers are ...

AVAILABILITY ALERT This is an alert to all my present past and future clients. I am not a caterer. I have to cook the food in your home, or ...

RICE IS NICE NOT This just in: USDA ANNOUNCES U.S. RICE SUPPLY HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED USDA Secretary Mike Johanns has announced that domestic...

DINNER ANYONE? You might have noticed that I haven't had much time (goodness, since April) to post anything on this blog. My apologies....

BEETS, BEANS AND BERRIES Now that the vegetables and fruits are fresh, eat ‘em while you can. Sashay over to the Farmers Market and get some...

Looks like I have not been posting anything here since April. In June I started selling AGA ovens out of Hartsdale. I am still available for...

SORREL AND SCHAV Wonderful herb, Sorrel. You plant it. It grows. Cut it down in the Fall and it comes up pretty and fresh in the Spring! Wha...

Nettles and more Nettles On Wednesday, April 19th, I drove to Newburgh, NY, to visit my friend Nancy MacNamara of Honey Locust Farm House . ...

SPRINGTIME RECIPES May, with the appearance of young vegetables, is the chef's new year. If you are geared to seasonable edibles, you...

FLORENTINE CREPES cookingontheriver Crespelle alla Fiorentina Here is a recipe for some delicious crepes that I have been making for years...

HUDSON VALLEY MAGAZINE MARCH 2006 It's nice to be mentioned. I don't charge $55-65 per hour, yet. And if you sign up for 12 sessions...

ROCKLAND MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2006 They changed the recipe a little and two people actually phoned to ask about making two cakes because the in...

ONION SOUP (the long version) TO MAKE THE BEEF BROTH: Preheat oven to 400 F. Collect enough beef bones, shin meat, ribs, meat scraps to fill...

'AWAITING THE BLIZZARD' DINNER PARTY FOR SIX WINE TASTERS: On a recent Saturday evening I prepared a dinner party for six people who...

AWARD-WINNING DELICIOUS NEWS Last night, January 31st, was the Annual Winter Potluck for the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance . This year...

Peanut-Sesame Chicken Balls © This recipe won $500 from the Peanut Advisory Board. makes 20 appetizers    For the balls :   1/ 1/2...