In The Kitchen With Ora | Women for Healthy Rural Living : Milbridge, Maine

Aunt Ann’s Apple Cake

by Ora Aselton | Nov 14, 2014 | Food, In The Kitchen With Ora

It was a weird year in our garden… warm enough to ripen the tomatoes well into October. Last month, onions, garlic, and other assorted produce overflowed the garage, tomatoes were piling up in the kitchen, and my to-do-list was getting pretty long. With this...

Chouchouka (sounds like: choo-choo-ca) Eggs with Tomatoes

by Ora Aselton | Sep 5, 2014 | Food, In The Kitchen With Ora

If you find this difficult to pronounce, never mind recognize, let me begin by explaining that it is Tunisian. This delicious dish is also known as “shaksuka”. (You decide which variation rolls off your tongue most easily.) And, for many reasons, it serves a special...

Waiting for Asparagus

by Ora Aselton | May 28, 2014 | Food, In The Kitchen With Ora

I keep a garden journal and, most of the time, it provides a good guide to how things went in the vegetable and flower beds from year to year and inspiration for new plantings. But occasionally, it can be depressing. Take, for instance, my fledgling asparagus. As you...

Green Sauce

by Ora Aselton | Mar 14, 2014 | Food, In The Kitchen With Ora

Not one inch of me, to the best of my knowledge, is truly Irish. Never the less,The Chieftains and Celtic Women are queued up in my CD player and the Riverdance troupe is ready to whirl into action on my DVD. Deep in the cedar chest, I have located that old sweater,...

Cooking With Care Is An Act Of Love

by Ora Aselton | Feb 13, 2014 | Food, In The Kitchen With Ora

February, that frozen, middle month, stretches ahead, convincing us that this frigid season will never end. We were patient, stiff upper lipped with January… after all, this is Maine and it’s winter. By March, we are eager… thawing snow forms juicy...

How do you spell superfood? Perhaps, K-A-L-E…

by Ora Aselton | Jan 30, 2014 | Food, In The Kitchen With Ora

Peaceful January has arrived at last and the frantic holiday frenzy is over, replaced by a blissful lull. An exhausting To-Do List has Been Done and, gratefully, there is nothing more pressing than my constricting waistband and those pesky New Year’s...