If you're a plant-eater like me, what to bring to a potluck that everyone, even meat-eaters will like, is a challenge. But I think you've found it right here, yes sir! This uses a wild rice blend studded with fruits and nuts, shallots and celery and baths it in a lemony vinaigrette. ...

Nassau in the Bahamas is the closest I've been to newly opened Cuba and this Airstream isn't going to sail across the Atlantic on its own. So great island food must be made here. Fried plantain with "peas and rice" is the signature dish in the Bahamas, the "peas" are in fact beans.&#...

When our family traveled to Spain back when our kids were growing up we had a wonderful tour guide who was Italian. The way to pronounce bruschetta, she said, was “broo-sket-ah” and not the way most people pronounce it, “broo-shet-ah.” Bruschetta was one of our favorite summer treats. W...

Inspired by a recipe on the Ohmyveggies.com blog, I decided to try a new twist on pasta using toasted panko crumbs, garlic, lemon, and parmesan cheese as flavoring agents. I also added a few twists of cracked pepper and an amazing truffle salt. I think you’ll like how delicious and easy th...

I am always looking for new salad ideas in my Airstream kitchen. Lately I have been on a watercress quest. Watercress, a member of the mustard family, is the baddest, most powerful power fruit or vegetable on the planet, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It’s at the top of the&#32...

One of our favorite places to visit is Mount Vernon, George and Martha Washington’s estate in Alexandria, Virginia. Quiz time. What was George Washington’s favorite drink? Hint: It has something to do with a myth that he chopped down a tree and a his refusal to tell a lie. Give up? Cherry&...

Here’s a fantastic dinner salad inspired by former NY Times columnist Mark Bittman, whose retirement from journalism, sadly, was just announced. For a warm September evening when the last thing you want to do is slave over a hot stove, this is a cool, refreshing alternative dinner with all the&#32...

Here’s a comfort food dish with “meat” and potatoes, chili beans and barbecue sauce, salsa, and a hint of Sloppy Joes. My husband loved it. A Manly Man kind of dish! A vegan dish you can make for the carnivores in your life and they probably will scarf it up so fast they&#3...

Five o’clock was rolling around. A cauliflower was taking up too much room in the fridge. Outdoors and in, it was HOT -- in the high 90s and there was no way I was going to turn on the oven or even boil water. I was reminiscing about the food at the Minnesota State Fair tha...

Main dish salads or an assortment of small vegetable dishes, served cold, are perfect for warm evenings. Usually little or no cooking is required, just assembly. If there is grilling, it can be done outside on the picnic table camp stove or your outdoor barbecue. These 4 salads, served together on&#...