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In Season - Strawberries

Whenever I smell good strawberries — flavorful, juicy ones– they demand my attention. It’s so easy to pass their lackluster cousins in the supermarket, but the ones from Knauss Berry Farm demand a full stop. Their aroma is heady with memories of childhood visits to the Farm in Tata’s Chevy Nova. My grandparents and aunt [...]

CSA Show and Tell #7

This week, I drank some delicious fresh-squeezed orange juice from the Uncle Matt’s Hamlin oranges. I expected great things from these oranges, since the Uncle Matt’s brand of orange juice at the store is always so tasty. I was not disappointed. Bill from tinkering with dinner was wondering what to do with the ginormous bunch of [...]

CSA Show and Tell #6

After the lovely indulgence – read dessert for breakfast, lunch, dinner and midnight snack — of the holidays, I’m ready to start my weekly cooking and writing again. I haven’t written a CSA Show & Tell since week 2, but I’ll start with week 6, since that’s where we are right now. I know that [...]

Video Bite: Making Limoncello with John DiRocco

I’m jumping-up-and-down thrilled to announce the first ever Miami Dish Video Bite! In Video Bites, I’ll explore the same array of food finds, recipes, and people that I do in this blog. In this first Video Bite, Boston transplant John DiRocco demonstrates how he creates homemade limoncello for gifts and parties. Special thanks to my [...]

CSA Show and Tell #2

The second week of my farm share arrived on a hectic weekend. I had a houseguest and we spent most the weekend out while my vegetables sat cold and neglected in the refri. Since the vegetables were fresh picked they still looked crisp on Monday. They probably would have looked even better if I had [...]

Oh, but I do love those Thanksgiving classics

My mother does most of the cooking for our Thanksgiving. Even though she is Venezuelan, she serves a traditional Thanksgiving meal. We typically eat turkey with golden-crisp skin, raisin-flecked stuffing, Portobello mushrooms sautéed in butter and garlic, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. My aunt adds spinach casserole or arroz con leche. [...]

In Season - Zucchini

We are most familiar with zucchini as the bland, over steamed companion of chicken at the wedding dinner. Zucchini is mellow, mild and sometimes mushy. It’s like the nice guy at work that you would never date. It is self-effacing, never taking all of the credit. Zucchini is the edible equivalent of [...]

In Season - Avocado

We in Miami-Dade live in Avocado Central, when it comes to the Florida variety. Most of the avocados produced in Florida come from Homestead or the Redland. I’m an avocado lover all the way. So while I appreciate a petite Hass or California avocado, I am also devoted to our more voluptuous [...]