My son, grandson and I went to a you-pick blueberry farm Sunday. It was so relaxing to be out in a patch, with only birds tweeting on the acres, listening to my 5-year-old grandson chit-chat with …
When children rely on school as their primary food source, the summer break can leave many hungry. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called this one of the downsides of the summer months. “A lot …
My son was scrambling around the kitchen, making chicken quesadillas. He wanted this to be a joint effort, but I had errands to do and really looked forward to taking my time, putt-putting through …
I became obsessed with making greens and beans after hearing about it in June. Carl Fadale and his wife make the ethnic food at St. Anthony’s Festival and that’s on the menu. I saw …
Seven Valleys Food Rescue opened the doors Tuesday to its storage and distribution center on Homer Avenue in Cortland to show supporters and community leaders the progress made to date. The …
I was in the kitchen with my husband’s daughter, Rachel, and we were cooking a Father’s Day meal for her dad. She was sautéing green peppers, onions and mushrooms for a steak I …
If strawberries are your jam, you have to act fast. The season for strawberries has been short.
Carla Plunkett kept a sweatshirt on Saturday as an unseasonably cold day chilled the Cortland City Farmers Market. The chill kept customers away, Plunkett said – in fact, other vendors left early, too. But it was only the second Saturday this season the market was open at a new location, in front of Grace and Holy Spirit Episcopal Church on Court Street. She expected the sales, like the season, will warm up.
Last week I made surf and turf for my son’s birthday. Mike has inherited his grandparents’ love of seafood. We grew up on Long Island and were boaters on the Great South Bay. We …
I swore off chicken a couple of months ago, after making chicken quesedillas for company and, as usual, the chicken took forever to cook. I was paranoid I’d cross-contaminate the other …
My husband bought pork steaks the other day. I have no clue how to cook them. Why pork steaks and not pork chops? They look like pork chops but are flatter, wider and have the bone in them. …