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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Any time is a good time for soup, but especially in fall when the garden’s last offerings are ready. This is roasted vegetable soup featuring butternut squash, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, and peppers. Roasting the vegetables provides a nice fall flavor that blends warmly in the …

Tomato Slices with Parmesan, Basil and Balsamic Vinegar

This recipe is for baked tomato slices that can be served as an appetizer or side. The title pretty much says it all. Ingredients Process

Avocado Sauce

This is a great sauce for many things, like eggs or for dipping cauliflower. Once you taste it, you’ll know how best to use it in your cuisines. Ingredients Process

Parmesan Coated Cauliflower Steak

This is a baked version of a nice vegetarian cuisine that can be served as either a main dish or side. I like the oven version because it frees up my stove top or other things and it’s easier to time its completion to coincide …

Mole Sauce

Mole is a Mexican sauce that features chocolate along with other spices and textures. It’s a classic part of traditional Mexican cuisine, but not the over-commercialized kind we’re used to at Taco Johns. You can always opt to buy mole sauce, but why? Ingredients Process

Silhouetted Sadness

R.M. Dolin, September 12, 2024 Do not mistake my silence for surrender when it is my one defense.Don’t misread my need for Mediterranean wind to mediate my motorcycle as it weaves along the Italian coast in avenues of escapemasquerading as adventure. Not when ragged, rocky …

Darkness of Our Distance

R.M. Dolin, August 25, 2024 Not seeing things for what they are has always been my Waterloo.Just as keeping my heart from hearingthe wisdom of wind, from feelingthe abject coldness she carries,causes me to disregard her lessons on being in love with someone who doesn’t …

Buckwheat Pancakes

There is no comparison between made from scratch and commercial box pancakes, especially if you’re making the pioneer classic buckwheat variety. As the name implies, the star of this recipe is buckwheat, however, I also add regular flour to smooth out the texture. This is …

Restlessness of Water

R.M. Dolin, August 2, 2024 Restlessness of water, like sun racing toward distant horizons, makes no claim on being kind.Nothing burns brighter than a smileor extinguishes with greater sadness,which is why I dare not look deeplyin your eyes. Truth once hidden grows cold and grey …

American Haikus from 2024

A few years back, I fell in with a cohort of poets who challenged each other to write Haikus on our topic of the day. While others found this highly restrictive form of poetry helped open and expand their creativity, for me the required discipline …