Notes about Recipes in this book

• Corn and quinoa salad with lemony mint dressing

  • TrishaCP on July 21, 2014

    Not a bad dish, but not extraordinary either. I do like the corn and quinoa combination so I would definitely try tweaking this recipe. I would start by omitting the honey. The corn we get from Maryland in the summer is already so sweet that the honey in the dressing was really superfluous. Also, the shallots need to be REALLY finely chopped- they otherwise overpower every other flavor.

• Blueberry buckwheat pancakes

  • TrishaCP on July 21, 2013

    These were a bit thick, probably because we subbed plain yogurt for the buttermilk out of necessity. But they were really tasty- I always think of using buckwheat flour with autumn fruits, but it pairs equally well with the tart blueberries. Will definitely make these again.

• Pork chops with goat cheese and apple-cranberry stuffing

  • TrishaCP on January 11, 2014

    The flavor of the stuffing was good and went well with the pork, but don't count on it to keep the chops moist. Like most pork chops, they would do better with a brine.

• Rockfish in tomato saffron cream sauce over rice

  • TrishaCP on December 07, 2016

    This made for quite a nice sauce with the fairly strong flavor of the wild (and enormous) rockfish that my nephew caught.