Author: Alison Boyd

fish cakes watercress salad
Featured, Fish

For Lovers of Fish

By Alison Boyd-Savage I love to eat a lot of fish year-round. In the warmer seasons I welcome the abundance of the local catch, eagerly awaiting each new arrival, from the first flounder of April to the striped bass that closes out the season in fall. For sure, our local winter oysters are the best, […]

Pan Pizza Toppings
Featured, Lunch

Winter’s Freeze Calls For Skillet Pizza

If you are the owner of a well-seasoned cast iron skillet, you have the most important tool to make your own gourmet pizza in minutes with minimum fuss.  Who does not love the delicious, slightly blackened crusts produced by a wood burning oven and dream of creating them at home?  Most domestic ovens are not […]

Christmas meringues
Dessert

Meringues for Giving

The holidays are looking different this year. Many of us will not be gathering for our traditional celebrations but staying safe with low-key festivity. What will not change for many is the preparation and enjoyment of some of the special foods that mark this time of year.  While we may not be able to gather […]

scones, pumpkin soup
Breads, Lunch, Soup

A Winter’s Picnic

In October and November, my porch steps do double duty as an outdoor larder. Pots of hardy mums and late blooming geraniums form the backdrop for an array of pumpkins of all shapes and hues. I might add a gaudy Jack O’ Lantern or two for color, but the prime real estate is reserved for […]

Spiced Chicken with Honey Thyme Butter
Chicken, Featured

October Spice is Not All About Pumpkins

The spiciness of a dish is commonly judged to be the amount of palate-searing, eye watering pain inflicted by ingesting certain members of the chili family. If you are a fan of the “hotter is better” crowd, you can reference the Scoville chart, a points system that rates the pungency of every thing from the […]

swordfish & coconut rice
Featured, Fish

The Big Fish of Autumn

September is my favorite month on the North Fork. The days are still warm and relatively long, and it is prime season for catching and eating fish. I must admit my sportfishing is limited to dropping a pole in the bay and waiting for a silvery snapper to find its way onto my hook. These […]

August Picnic, Tomato Tart, Green Bean and Potato Salad
Featured

An August Picnic

I have always loved picnics, even when the reality falls short of expectations. My romantic notions of dining al fresco, have survived numerous forays on windswept British beaches, with sand scouring our faces and invading the sandwiches. Enduring buzzing flies and angry wasps on a soggy river bank could not dampen my enthusiasm for eating […]