Category Archives: Recipes from Maine

At Home with Chef Annie

In the April issue of Windjammer News  Annie shared memories and recipes focused around Rhubarb – a spring staple. Did you know that of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. Rhubard is one of them. Do you know [...]

At Home With Annie – March

This month Annie is focused on spring and digging in the garden. Recipe include: Spring- Harvested Parsnip Soup Leg of Lamb with a Provencal Crust Potato and Tomato Tian Email this • Share on Facebook • Twitter • Digg This! • Save to del.icio.us • Stumble It!

The Galley Chef

One of the many projects we’ve been working on this winter has been with a talented Maine-based film crew, putting together a television show focused on Annie’s food, the Riggin and local produce abundantly found in Maine. We’re now at a point where a major network could snatch it up. Though we don’t know where [...]

At Home with Annie – February

This month Annie is thinking about going slower in the kitchen with certain dishes is well worth the time. Recipes include: Beef Bourguignon with Leeks and Porcini Mushrooms Polenta with Fresh Thyme Mixed Berry and Apple Gallette Email this • Share on Facebook • Twitter • Digg This! • Save to del.icio.us • Stumble It!

January – At Home with Annie

This month At Home with Annie has Chef Annie thinking about Valentine’s Day which is just around the corner and the scrumptious food you can share with your most favorite person in the world. Recipes include: Warm Spinach Salad w/Sherry Vinaigrette and Goat Cheese; Lemon Lobster w/ Sun-dried Tomatoes; and Mini Apple Ginger Upside Down [...]

Adventures in Travel … and Blogging

Changes are fun and they are afoot in our world.  As you’ll see, we’ve shifted Artichokes and Asparagus, my food blog.  The new name is now At Home & At Sea.  Sound familiar?  Yup, it’s the name of my cookbook and WAS the domain name for the cookbook website. The cookbook website is no longer [...]

Flavorful Friday – Barley Risotto

Barley Risotto Risotto is one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Italy.  ¼ cup (½ stick) butter 2 stalks celery, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 2 cups barley ½ teaspoon salt ½ white wine 3½ cups chicken stock Freshly ground black pepper to taste ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese Melt the butter [...]

Flavorful Friday – Beef Tenderloin with Port & Mushroom Sauce

This recipe is one that I made for Jon and I a few years ago. The beef tenderloin and the Port make it a meal for special occasions, but it’s a simple recipe and not something to slave over for hours. Just my thing! Whether you enjoy this with friends on a special night or with [...]

Flavorful Friday-Three Sausage and Butternut Squash Sauce

Each fall as the weather gets colder and I start to pile on the sweaters I invariably turn to the recipes that take longer to cook and the ones that will send delicious odors through the house. I find myself searching for the cozy, full-bodied flavors of sage, rosemary, red wine, mushrooms, pecans, pumpkins and [...]

Cooking in a Small Kitchen

In Chef Annie’s cookbook At Home, At Sea you’ll find lots of recipes, details about a week at sea on the Schooner J&E Riggin, photos and my personal favorite part of the book – the vignettes. On a page with a great recipe for New England Boiled Dinner and a killer Mustard Sauce is a [...]