I’m jumping back into the CSA Show and Tell Game!  It’s been fun to read what other bloggers (Food for Thought, Tinkering with Dinner and Our Half Box among others) create with the vegetables and fruit from their CSA shares. I subscribed to the half-share this year.  So here goes my week, along with ideas for [...] » Read more..

* * * Corn with dill and butter. Thanks to my cousin Mercedes for this idea./ Mercedes Golip Laya * * * Sometimes it’s hard for me to figure out how to use a whole bunch of certain herbs.  Basil is easy, but dill can be harder.  I may find a bunch of dill in [...] » Read more..

Just in time for Thanksgiving, here is a recipe for Indian Pudding from Chef Ken Lyon.  It’s a fitting fall-spiced cap for your feast. You may have read about my first taste at Lyon’s latest restaurant, The Cape Cod Room.  I loved this dessert and so I asked the chef if he’d be willing to share [...] » Read more..

Mangos aren’t just for desserts, snacks and cold appetizers.  The past few weeks, I experimented with mangos in savory dishes.  Here are some remarkable main courses you can prepare with the fruit. Laylita’s Mango, Avocado and Arugula Salad During my search for mango recipes, I discovered a new favorite food blog.  Laylita’s Recipes, by an Ecuadorian living [...] » Read more..

Here are some quick mango snacks to refresh you this summer. Mango Lassi I love yogurt.  So, of course, I love a  lassi, the Indian yogurt-based drink.  This cold beverage has the texture of a smoothie, so it’s a filling snack when you’re feeling peckish around midday. I used a recipe for mango lassi by Emeril Lagasse, [...] » Read more..

We’re in the midst of a booming mango season. There are enough mango-related food events in the next few weeks to satisfy even the most devoted mangophile.  For those of you with a bumper crop of mangos, read further for an opportunity to trade your bounty for dinner: International Mango Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden: This [...] » Read more..

I celebrated “Spring Thanksgiving” this past Saturday.  It’s a regular tradition of a certain friend to gather together her girl friends and celebrate the renewal (and as she says, the “recycling”) of the season.  It was my first time attending, and I enjoyed meeting some fellow food lovers, as well as a bunch of smart, [...] » Read more..

In this Video Bite, Ayesha D’Mello, of Ayesha’s Kitchen, quickly prepares winter squash (in this case, butternut) with coconut sauce.  You can prepare this recipe with any kind of winter squash, including the kabocha and calabaza types, which believe it or not, are in season here this time of year.  Special thanks to Brad Bryan [...] » Read more..

This past Saturday, Miami Dish participated in a global blogging event, as part of the official launch of Foodbuzz.com. Twenty four bloggers from around the world held dinners on Saturday night and then posted about the events on their blogs. There was a BBQ road trip, a recreation of a Serbian medieval dinner, and [...] » Read more..

I was the joyful recipient of a brand new ice cream maker for my birthday. So, for the Farm to Table dessert, I crafted a longan sorbet, a jackfruit sorbet, and a passionfruit ice cream. Longan Sorbet Longans are similar in taste and texture to lychees, although they are milder, and almost floral in flavor. The [...] » Read more..