Category: Flavors of the Earth

• Figgy jam

  When they simmer for a little more than an hour with sugar, lemon juice and zest, something mysterious hangs in the background, behind the smell of sweetness. Something dark, serpents in the trees and jungle-y

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  November 1, 2019

  Cooking from the garden, Flavors of the Earth, Fruit, Preserving the garden’s bounty

  Figs, Gifts from the kitchen, jam, thespruceeats.com

• “Sensory strobe light” from a simple soup

  When I read a food article like Helen Rosner’s “The Female Chef Making Japan’s Most Elaborate Cuisine Her Own,” (from which I swiped “sensory strobe light”), I think I’m not trying hard enough. Very few exotic ingredients, so little “plating,” so much grabbing and going. But then I realize we’re lucky enough to eat really […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  March 21, 2019

  Flavors of the Earth, healthy cooking, Healthy eating for the whole family, Making new habits, Nutrition, Senior fitness, Simple foods, Soup, vegetables

  Barley, Beans, cooking from garden, Easy entrees, healthy eating, Kale, The New Yorker magazine, V-8 juice

• Curry for hot weather supper

  This swampy summer climate (102° heat equivalency at this moment) makes me want to eat salt and spices. A curry sounded perfect for tonight, along with a perfectly ripened and chilled cantaloupe. I may even drop an ice cube in my glass of Merlot! The recipe is the best one I’ve found so far in Better […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  June 16, 2015

  Flavors of the Earth, good food, healthy cooking, Simple foods, Spices, Weight loss

  apples, Cabbage, chicken, Curry, Hot weather suppers

• Easter dinner, harissa roasted carrots

  Occasionally, I’m reminded of our narrow taste palette. Making and cooking with harissa, a hot pepper paste from North Africa and the Mediterranean, was one of those times. Even before adding the lemon juice, olive oil and garlic, it smelled like nothing I could identify, except the overtones of anise. I needed only a wee […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  April 22, 2014

  Easter, Flavors of the Earth, good food, Holiday cooking, Holiday eating, Middle Eastern foods, myflourishingfoodie.com, Olive oil, Women’s Health magazine

  Carrots, Harissa, Lemon, Mint, Yogurt, Zaatar