Delaware Girl Eats

Recipes from the Garden, Individual Indian Corn Pudding Soufflés, #SundaySupper #ChooseDreams

My father kept a vast vegetable garden behind our house in Northeast Ohio and eating that totally fresh produce spoiled me for life. It was a half-acre plot, the same sort of garden my Italian grandfather had tended, a patch that began to feed us strawberries in the spring and carried us into summer with corn and zucchini. During the season, my mother would send us to pick the ripest fruits or vegetables. My favorite days were corn days. While we were out picking and shucking, my mother would put a pot of water on the stove to boil. Ten... Read more →

Mothers Day Strawberry Salad with Individual Asparagus Crab Mousse #SundaySupper

English writer Charles Lamb is often quoted as saying, “Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts”. On the lighter side, Jerome “Curley” Howard quipped, “Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?” Whether thoughtful or comical, it’s only right to celebrate Mothers Day with dishes made with this wonderfully bright, green-hued ingredient that practically shouts - Fresh! Good! Spring! One of only a few perennial vegetables (others include rhubarb and artichoke), asparagus shines in simple and unadorned treatments that allow its flavors to shine through. For Mothers Day luncheon I used it as the key element in individual portions of mousse with crabmeat and... Read more →