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These simple, spectacular dishes are great for an afternoon lunch or a small weekend party. Asparagus just came into season, that’s enough reason for me to celebrate! shaved spring salad This salad is so light and fresh – perfect for this kind of weather. Vegetables serve two, dressing serves 8-10. Using a vegetable peeler, peel two large carrots and four large stalks of asparagus into a bowl. (Make sure to use the thick kind of asparagus, it’s easier to peel. Slice a grapefruit in half, then cut off the…

The house I grew up in outside of Boston is directly across the street from Sylivia Plath’s childhood home. I remember one day when I was in fourth grade, up to my ears in The Golden Compass and Redwall and full of dreams of someday being a writer, my mom casually told me that a very famous writer had grown up in the house across the street…

An earthy, salty-sweet baked potato recipe that delivers so much pleasure and comfort. The sweetness of the purple and gold potatoes plays off the tang of the lemon-spiked mustard dressing, and the electric colour and fluffy texture of the potato flesh makes these the prettiest, tastiest and healthiest spuds going around.

This is yummy – really yummy. Red Beet Ravioli is an appetizer I used to get at a phenomenal local Italian restaurant. The restaurant focuses on fresh, seasonal fare so this was eventually rotated off the menu and I was left to try and figure out how to make it myself at home. I think I succeeded in creating something I love just as much. It simple, light and looks a whole lot fancier than it is!

I stumbled upon two frozen quails and link of homemade Italian sausage in my quest to clean out my freezer. Score! Of course my mind wandered back to eating the magical stuffed quails that night. I have no idea how they made them, but I did my best to recreate them at home.