Category Archives: Adventures in cooking

Forage and garden: bitter-sweet and homemade amaro

Posted on October 19, 2014 by barbaraprice

Having spent a full day indoors at the computer, the time has come to mix a cocktail (a rye Manhattan with both sweet and dry vermouth and a splash of Cocchi Vermouth di Torino) and walk in the remaining warmth … Continue reading →

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Baking wheat-free: grind your own grains

Posted on October 7, 2014 by barbaraprice

The web is full of gluten-free posts, but for many of us it isn’t the gluten but some other aspect of wheat (and I’m researching this to post later) that cause our problems. For me it isn’t celiac or digestive discomforts that … Continue reading →

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Summer into autumn

Posted on October 6, 2012 by barbaraprice

Summer foraging is over, the pickles are made, tomatoes roasted and canned. Now all those berries I picked while it was too hot to cook have to go into pots for jam. This year was my first for  pickling – starting … Continue reading →

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Positano dreaming – a Campania menu

Posted on July 31, 2011 by barbaraprice

A year ago this week we were in Positano, Italy with a group of friends with whom we love to travel, celebrating the 50th birthday of our friend Jane. We ten (David, Paul and Jane, Kate and Jay, Kevin and … Continue reading →

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Ramps, an obsession

Posted on April 25, 2011 by barbaraprice

While most Americans identify April 15 with tax filing, I anxiously await the date as the first sure day to find ramps in the woods. Ramps (allium trioccum) are first of the wild edible greens (ahead of dandelion greens) to … Continue reading →

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Crispy fried ramps

Posted on April 19, 2011 by barbaraprice

Sweet allium genus! I love all onions: Vidalias, Big Texas Sweets, red onions, shallots, leeks, scallions, chives, scapes, ramps and garlic. Chives are like bright green grasses inviting bees, while ornamentals on their tall stems provide architectural dynamism to the … Continue reading →

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The Ramp Goddess

Posted on April 13, 2011 by barbaraprice

When I am at a really great concert I often get a flood of my own visionary ideas. There’s some connection about being moved by another’s inspired outpouring, someone working at a high creative and intuitive level that provokes from … Continue reading →

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The mushroom, of course.

Posted on March 6, 2011 by barbaraprice

My enchantment with mushrooms started a few years ago when I found a large patch of chanterelles growing in the woods near the village. Since then I’ve been foraging in unsettled places looking for wild food. Then a couple years I … Continue reading →

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When life hands you walnuts

Posted on February 20, 2011 by barbaraprice

While in Italy this past summer with a group of friends, we stopped for lunch at a tiny cucina called ‘e Curti, on the northern hillside of Vesuvius. It was our first meal together as a group, and the restaurant, … Continue reading →

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Mujaddarra – lentils and rice

Posted on December 29, 2010 by barbaraprice

Previously published in MungBeing Magazine, Issue 24 Over the course of three years I worked in a windowless office at Sotheby’s auction house at 72nd and York Avenue in New York City. For light, and to restore my peace of … Continue reading →

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