Thayer in the Kitchen

This is a delicious main dish pie to make with some of your summer tomato bounty.  Unless you have very good tomatoes don't bother to make the pie.  I used two heirloom tomatoes from our CSA box which were quite large and filled the pie shell. 1 single 9-inch pie crust   (I used a frozen pie shell from Whole Foods which was very good)                                    2-3 tomatoes, sliced (about 1 1/4#)                                     1 teaspoon salt 2- 3 cloves garlic, minced               ...

We joined Sitka Salmon Shares http://sitkasalmonshares.com this year.  "We home deliver fish-loving Midwesterners high quality, responsibly-sourced seafood direct from small boat family fishermen in Southeast Alaska through our Community Supported Fishery."  In July we received Pacific Cod and Rockfish.  This chowder was a good solution for an easy dish that combined some of our fish plus quite a few vegetables. 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil or sunflower oil 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced 2 medium stalks celery, 1/4-inch pieces 1 medium onion, chopped medium 1/2 - 1 medium red bell pepper, diced Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 Tbsp. flour 2 cups milk (fat free or 1%) 1 cup or 1 small bottle clam juice (water or broth can be substituted) 2 large unpeeled red potatoes, diced into 1/2-inch pieces 2 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning 1 cup half and half (fat free is OK) 1 cup frozen yellow corn 1 pound cod or tilapia fillets, ski...

This recipe is adapted from one in Yotem Ottolenghil's new book, Plenty More, Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London's Ottolenghi.  Arthur is not a huge fan of green beans which I don't get.  What's not to like about green beans.  He loved this dish and requested it twice. 1/2 cup freekeh (Freekeh is young green wheat that has been toasted and cracked.)  If you are unable to find it, you could probably substitute bulgur 1-1/2# haricots verts or fairly young tender green beans, trim stem end and cut in 1/2 if they are large 1 cup chervil leaves (I substituted parsley and a bit of tarragon since I didn't have chervil available) 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional) 1/2 teaspoon Aleppo chili flakes (I purchased mine at Penzey's)  It is from Syria and was difficult to get for awhile, but I see it is now available at Amazon and also at Penzey's.  Their pepper is now from Turkey.  This is worth purchasing because it is spicy without being o...