Tag: Barefoot Contessa

• Preserving Old Traditions

  Recently I was rereading for the umpteenth time Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin and its sequel, More Home Cooking. In her inimitable style, Colwin describes her amazement at the moment that she realized that her husband was indeed a European: she found him eating paper-thin pancakes smeared with jam instead of butter and syrup as…

  michardillo

  July 19, 2015

  Essay

  Ball, Barefoot Contessa, canning, crystalized ginger, garlic scapes, grapefruit, Home Cooking, Ina Garten, jam, jelly, Laurie Colwin, marmalade, Mason, More Home Cooking, orange, pectin, pickled okra, preserves, preserving, strawberry preserves