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THIRTY-MINUTE DINNERS ARE A WEEKNIGHT NECESSITY

Now that school is back in full swing, we need a few simple recipes up our sleeves for fast and nourishing dinners. This bowl of pasta should be on your list. ItĢƵ a fresh and robust weeknight dinner you can whip up in less than 30 minutes. The simple sauce relies on my favorite pantry ...

Locally Carei: Good eats along the National Road continues

Here is another column celebrating the 200th anniversary of the National Road.By the 1850s, technology had taken over the United States. The railroad has found its way all across American and the need for the road was becoming obsolete. By 1872, Harpers Weekly had declared the National Road ...

The Family Table: Avocado pesto a delicious tomato topper

Few things are more exciting about the summer season than being able to go out to my garden and pick fresh tomatoes.In salads, on pizza, sandwiched between bread, cooked for sauce and cold as a salsa base – they are the versatile stars of the garden party.This year, though, our large ripened ...

Locally Carei: Remembering the taverns on National Road

Our celebration of food of the National Road continues during this, the 200th anniversary.We have traveled NemacolinĢƵ trail that morphed into BraddockĢƵ Road and led to the migration of people to the west. With the migration came the taverns and the fare they served and eventually the ...

The Family Table: Farewell to the stove

“F2”ThatĢƵ what my stove beeped at me, furiously, before going off to the great appliance center in the sky.It was not an ideal time to think about replacing the most-used appliance in our home. It was a Tuesday, and we’d just come back from vacation Sunday.We discovered this issue ...

Locally Carei: Vacation diet

While in Wildwood, New Jersey, I had the best of both lives: lifeguarding on the beach during the day and cooking on the boardwalk at night.For four years, I was living the dream. There were kids that I snatched out of the surf, and then fed cheesesteaks and fries a few hours later. Babes that ...