Julia Child wasn’t the only “Julia” who could cook. Learn what our friend Jan Reichel’s Grandma Julia taught her to make during visits to Block Island!
Julia was born on Block Island in 1904.
Jan’s great grandfather Matthew Stillman Barber owned the Shore Diner, a restaurant on Block Island from 1900 to 1916. Imagine a whole meal for 50 cents [...]
I’m still waiting for my backyard tomato plants to bear fruit. In the meantime, Katherine continues with the story of her mothers’ stuffed tomato recipe. In Michigan, August and September offer an abundance of fresh, vine ripened tomatoes. There’s no more perfect time to try your hand at these fantastic Greek stuffed tomatoes.
Katherine’s family is from Greece and she spent an afternoon in the ST Kitchen (it’s really the Canapé Cart kitchen - www.canapecart.com - but ST has borrowed it for the video) telling Kathleen and I the story about her mother’s original Greek stuffed tomatoes.
Katherine Zikakis’ Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe:
Invite lots of friends and family over when [...]
I think it was the jellied texture in the heart of the tomato that made me detest them when I was young. The turning point came in my 20’s when I tasted a tomato picked right off the vine from my first garden. I couldn’t believe it! It was sweet, full flavored and I’ve eaten [...]
