Delaware Girl Eats

Abruzzo Style Cannellini Beans with Fennel and Chicken #SundaySupper

Abruzzo’s cooks are masters at turning simple ingredients into glorious feasts. My grandmother was one of those cooks and she never failed to amaze in turning out meals in that simple yet delicious way. Even for Sunday dinner she relied on humble dishes, serving pasta and contorni like fennel and beans to accompany a platter of her oven baked chicken, which of course was well seasoned in the Abruzzo way with hot pepper flakes. In the spirit of such simple dishes, I decided to combine several of my grandmother’s favorites for a dish made with just five ingredients. The dish... Read more →

Oatmeal Crispie Cookies with Pecans Offer Homey Pleasures

The generous butter content in these oatmeal cookies insures a satisfying crunch and the added nuts and chocolate chips bring delicious flavors to every bite. In the 1980’s I bought my first house with my father’s help. Money was very tight and I set myself a weekly spending limit of $20. This was the money I had left after I paid the utilities, the mortgage and set aside cash to repay my father’s loan. So when I began reading this month’s Cook the Books selection, “The Feast Nearby”, I was eager to read how author Robin Mather got by on... Read more →

Individual Chicken Enchiladas and My Day on the Farm

Individual Chicken Enchiladas pack lots of flavor A little known fact -- Delaware’s southernmost county is the largest chicken grower in the United States, with 650 farmers raising hundreds of millions of birds each year. Like most farms, these are family run operations, many having been in the family for four or more generations. Similarly, the nearby counties in eastern Maryland also produce a significant proportion of America’s chickens. In fact, one of the most familiar US marketers, Perdue Farms, is headquartered near the town of Salisbury, MD. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to join a group... Read more →