By Eliot, on July 24th, 2023%
The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer is the latest stop on the TLC Book Tour.I received a free review copy from the publisher for this stopover. I assure you I was not paid for this review and all opinions, thoughts and rants are completely my own.
About the book: The Paris Agent
• Publisher: Graydon . . . → Read More: A Summer Fresh Salad for The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer
By Eliot, on August 5th, 2022%
Here’s a recipe for “Corn, Nectarine, Cucumber, Tomato, Radish, Beet, Feta and Arugula Salad with Habanero Vinaigrette” or simply Summer Salad, Version II. . . . → Read More: Summer Salad, Version II
By Eliot, on July 28th, 2022%
Not the most creative of titles but this is a good way to use up cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden. I also threw in a bonus recipe nod for another way to use shishito peppers. Keep reading. . . . → Read More: Summer Salad
By Eliot, on March 10th, 2022%
In a world where it seems like we are living out a dystopian plot, it’s nice to read something that appears to depict utopia. The Damage Done by Michael Landweber might be just what we need.
About the novel: For fans of Ben Winters and Sarah Pinsker, this mind-bending and thought-provoking novel pushes the . . . → Read More: Rabbit Food with Chicken Nuggets (and a book review of The Damage Done
By Eliot, on August 15th, 2018%
This salad is a perfect summer side (or a meal in itself). . . . → Read More: Greek Garden Veggie Salad with Grilled Corn
By Eliot, on August 16th, 2015%
Welcome to a late addition to C.L.U.E. as I try to rectify a formidable FUBAR. Here’s a great Black Bean Salad and a Pasta Mediterranean Salad from Anna Dishes. . . . → Read More: Please Meet Anna…..
By Eliot, on August 13th, 2014%
I was inspired by pickled dirt.
Truly. I pickled some chard stems a while back and my mother assessed that they tasted like “pickled dirt.”
OK, so the pickled chard was an acquired taste but that pickling liquid was da’ bomb! I made up some of this sweet-hot brine and threw in some cukes . . . → Read More: Sweet Sriracha Pickles
By Eliot, on July 23rd, 2014%
I love summer. Specifically, I love July. July is the month that I can take my vacation and some much needed time off.
I won’t get on a soap box or anything today, but July is the month that I get to totally be out of the office. (I do still work on school stuff, . . . → Read More: Curried Chicken Salad with Cucumbers
By Eliot, on August 30th, 2013%
I heart my big, yellow Gourmet cookbook. (I think that has been well-established.) There are quite a few recipes that can be adapted to fresh produce from the garden. If you are picking cukes, you must make this. Especially if you are picking just a few a day.
The original recipe called for horseradish paste . . . → Read More: Wasabi Quick Dilled Pickles
By Eliot, on August 20th, 2013%
Zukes and cukes.
That is all I am getting from the garden.
Our tomatoes look lush and green. Little blossoms and little fruit. These are our favorites and I guess I will have to realize that I cannot grow tomatoes.
These are called Marketeer.
Zukes and cukes.
These all . . . → Read More: Marinated Cucumbers and Onions
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