Pam Anderson's Blog, page 31

Shove-in-the-Oven Chicken Stew with Summer Vegetables

 Fall’s coming. I can feel it. I walked out of the house yesterday morning, and if I hadn’t been heading out on a run I would have gone back in for a sweater. By the time I got to the farmer’s market around noon the sun was bold and bright, but by early evening that

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Shrimp Scampi Appetizer

I’m an only child, but I’m not spoiled… except when it comes to shrimp. I grew up on the Florida Panhandle eating wild pink shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico. Over the years I’ve tried to like others—farm-raised tiger shrimp from various parts of the world, brown shrimp, white shrimp—but nothing compares to the wild

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Potato Zucchini Hash

This is my favorite kind of food these days: a heap of summer’s best vegetables turned into a colorful, flavorful meal. This recipe for potato zucchini hash is more of a formula, it’s adapted from mom’s hash recipe in Cook without a Book: Meatless Meals. I used the same proportions but skipped the sauce in favor

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Corn Cakes With Tomato Avocado Salsa

I’ve got corn comin’ out my ears! I’ve made corn chowder, corn salsas and salads, creamed corn, and after seeing a few recipes for corn fritters and cakes, I wanted to try my hand at those too. We looked at a bunch of recipes across the web, but ended up modifying mom’s corn cake recipe which

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Hominy and Pepper Jack Quesadillas

One of my first posts on ThreeManyCooks was for a simple basil pesto. Three years ago I thought making your own pesto was newsworthy (everyone has to start somewhere, right?). But now, I’ve seen pesto made with everything from kale and walnuts to mint and corn. Lesson learned: you can basically make pesto out of anything

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Cilantro Pesto

Have you ever seen the movie, What About Bob? Over the past twenty years in the Anderson family, this film has achieved cult status. Boyfriends and now husbands have had to watch it over and over again, and have these little nuances explained to them so that they can understand our inside jokes.  We don’t 

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Blueberry Buttermilk Biscuits

Maggy observed that while there are sweet scones, there aren’t many sweet biscuit recipes. Maybe we could develop one for blueberry biscuits.  Why not, I thought. Coincidentally a of mine had just offered a tip while I was in Panama City, FL last week.  Rather than pop the biscuits in a hot oven, he suggested

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The Best Ever Tomato Sandwich

I’ve been waiting patiently all summer for the arrival of tomatoes in our CSA box. Several weeks ago we received one lone quart, followed by a couple disappointing weeks without, and finally last week we got three quarts of gorgeous multicolored tomatoes: brick red, yellow, purple. As I sliced into these beauties, still gloriously warm

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On Hospitality

Photo credit: Brian Samuels of A Thought For Food / portfolio The key to hospitality is working hard, then letting go. Here’s what I mean. Two weeks ago Maggy, Erika of Ivory Hut, and I hosted our third annual Big Summer Potluck for about ninety food bloggers and sponsors. From the beginning, hospitality has been a priority

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Tomato Tapenade Tart

Cooking is mostly a solitary, weeknight activity for me. At day’s end, I shut down my computer, turn on Classic FM, and start preparing dinner alone. There’s peace in the preparation, satisfaction in the finished product, and joy in sitting at the table with Andy to eat it when he comes home. But I had forgotten

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