Food writer, food stylist, recipe tester, cookbook editor, podcast producer/host are a few of the creative hats Donna Britt wears. Donna loves to hike, paddle board and spend quality time with family and friends. Oh, and she also collects cookbooks and cast iron cooking vessels.
If nothing else, saying the word pattypan is a fun thing to do. Try it. See, you can’t help but smile when you say, “pattypan.” Pattypan, or patty pan, squash is an adorable summer squash which looks a bit like a flying saucer. It’s also known as granny squash, scallop squash and button squash among […]
According to Oregon Aglink, potatoes are in season year-round in our state and in case you missed it, just last month, the state legislature approved the resolution proclaiming the potato the official state vegetable. Oregon harvests about 2.6 billion pounds of potatoes each year and the importance of the potato as a staple food around […]
Summertime is an abundant few months of sunshine and plenty of fresh foods. Fruits of the season abound, among them fresh peaches. It’s time to be on the lookout as peach season in Oregon runs from July through October. When I was a young child we lived across the street from my maternal great grandparents. […]
I‘ve had the incredible opportunity over the past number of years to work with national book publishers on several cookbooks including “Cookin’ it With Kix” (copyright W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, 2016), “The Cash and Carter Family Cookbook” (copyright Harper Horizon, 2018), “Cooking with Nonna: Sunday Dinners with La Famiglia” (copyright Harper Horizon, […]
This week’s recipe is more of a collection of guidelines – grilling guidelines for fresh vegetables. We’re talking everything from asparagus to onions to lettuces. If you’ve yet to experience grilled romaine lettuce, trust me, you’re in for some yumminess. My suggestion is to hit one of the many wonderful farmers markets going on in […]
After polling dozens of mixologists around the country, “Better Homes & Gardens“ magazine predicted back in May that the drink of summer 2023 would be the Hugo Spritz. Other food/drink publications followed suit and I concur! I enjoyed my first Hugo Spritz, a cousin to the popular Aperol Spritz, on a sunny patio in Tuscany […]
Perhaps it was destiny that Nancy Zadoff has a business revolving around flowers. She’s been weeding gardens since she was a kid. Her mother would send her out to pull weeds when she got into trouble — but is it punishment if you actually enjoy doing it? Fast forward a number of decades and through […]
Maize, commonly called corn these days, has humble beginnings in Mexico where domestication of the wild grass called teosinte began thousands of years ago. That domestication continued throughout different parts of the Americas and today’s corn is one of the world’s most important crops. We eat it, turn it into flours and syrups, feed it […]
I know, I had never heard of salmagundi either until last summer when I was thumbing through some old cookbooks and magazines of my mother’s and found a recipe for the cold, composed salad. The idea of putting an assortment of meats and things together reminded me of charcuterie (one of my favorite genres of food) […]
It’s all about tending the fire. “It’s difficult, it’s the hardest part about the whole thing. Maintaining your oven and keeping it balanced. It’s very engaging. There’s a primal element to it and it’s very exciting,” is what Stiv Reisdorph tells me when I ask him what he likes most about making pizza. Reisdorph is […]
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