Over the past few weeks we have been absolutely inundated with sweet potatoes from our CSA. While there are all kinds of recipes out there for a wide variety of mashed potato and sweet potato casserole kind of things, we really wanted something different. After looking at all kinds of options, I decided on another “mash-up” kind of thing: with all of the sweetness of the potatoes, I thought it would be nice to mix it with something kind of hot and spicy. While picking up …

Ragoût is derived from ragoûter, which is french for “revive the appetite.” It is also the name of a thick, winter-time stew (of sorts) similar to the ragù that is made in Italy. Ragoût can be served as a main course dish, or it may just be used as a thick sauce to accompany potatoes, noodles, or some other form of starch. We had one last package of curried lamb sausage left in the freezer, so last night I prepared a spicy Ragoût to serve over rigatoni…

In our CSA box last week we received a number of items in the “from a little further afield” category. Included were several oranges and a grapefruit from northern Florida. As you can see in the photograph, the fruit has suffered a little damage from all of the unseasonably cold weather we have been enduring for the past month or so in the southeast. I also just recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal about how orange futures are way up on Wall Street due …

Friday began with dark clouds scudding in from the southwest and progressed on to a pretty good, full-fledged snowfall by about 2pm in the afternoon. It snowed into the night, and when we woke up on Saturday it was absolutely glorious! Not a cloud in the crystal clear blue sky, and a crisp 25 degrees. I was finally feeling (almost) back on my game, so JT and I decided to go out for a walk around the ‘hood. Our first stop was of course Kavarna Coffee House…