Cheryl Dishes

This is the time of year to celebrate the luck of the Irish with a piping, hot loaf of Irish Soda Bread.  Enjoy the savory slices slathered with butter and […]

The humble meatball is an everyday delicacy found in the oldest cookbooks in theworld. Food historians credit ancient Persia with the origin of the meatball. Kofta, the first recorded meatball […]

Who doesn’t love the tiny, intensely sweet and nutritious Maine low bush wild blueberry? The wild blueberry, (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.), is native to northern New England and Atlantic Canada. In Maine, […]

For many in the North America, February 2 marks the celebration of Groundhog Day, a popular tradition that has historical roots in Pennsylvania Dutch superstition. IF the furry fellow exits […]

January 22 is the start of the “Year of the Rabbit”. In the Chinese culture, the rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace and prosperity. The luckiest of all the […]

I like to set goals and objectives for myself, almost akin to New Year’s resolutions. Just the process of thinking about what I might want to do in the coming […]

This winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere occurs when the earth’s pole reaches its maximum distance away from the sun. For centuries, this longest night of the year, either December […]

Long before Columbus landed in the New World, the Native Americans were cultivating and eating pumpkins.  Grown together with corn and pole beans in a system known as the three […]

I have enjoyed creating recipes and cooking for a number of different folks with varied food eating styles and cultures, food sensitivities or intolerances, and food allergies.  Often it’s an […]

What’s not to love in food that has been fried?  The crispy texture, the delicate and delicious morsel waiting inside, the crunch of the bite, and the beautiful golden brown […]

“You should roast us a chicken”, my husband suggested, “Remember the days? I nodded and smiled, nostalgically recalling the first years of our marriage. We were students at the University […]

With the onset of fall weather, shorter days and cooler nights, my dining room is lined with trays of pink tomatoes, bright blue-green pears, and fuzzy orange peaches.  This “fruit-ripening” […]

As a space saving measure on our tiny plots of gardens sculpted into the granite boulders, we grow many of our crops vertically. Up rather than out. Shell peas, sugar […]

One of my early food writer heroes was Marjorie Standish, longtime columnist for the Maine Sunday Telegram. In addition to writing for the paper for 25 years, she published several […]

During the hot, dog days of summer our dining style becomes more casual and relaxed. The gardens and farmer’s markets are bursting with fresh fruits and vegetables that are a […]

Summer is a busy time for Maine families as we try to squeeze in every ray of sunshine before the long, cold winter. Our home becomes a literal bed-and-breakfast as […]

It’s Maine strawberry season! Our family can never have enough of the luscious, red-ripe strawberry that leads the parade of summer fruits. Strawberries in sugar over piping-hot biscuits with Jersey […]

The recipe for Green Goddess dressing has a storied past, originating as a sauce for eel on the plate of Louis XIII.  In 1923, the creamy rich condiment made its […]

Our household eats foods seasonally, and the winter diet of root vegetables gets quite long. So I am quite excited in the spring to spot clumps of fresh chives, purple […]