As a good Irish girl, I’ve decided to go green this month.  OK, every month, but I mean with regards to my material here.  As you know, this site is dedicated to whole foods in season – and this week’s feature is fennel.

Fennel is a relative of  the celery family and a wonderful healing food.  Sweet fennel, also known as anise, offers a licorice flavor and is mostly used as seed which was made into ‘gripe water’ for babies to soothe their bellies.  Chewing on the seeds acts as an adult digestive aid and breath freshener. Click to continue »

This is my favorite time of year for cooking because I can justify spending more time in the kitchen.  A: it’s the warmest place in the house, B: I can watch chefs on TV for inspiration  – in the name of ‘research,’  of course, and C: it’s where all good things come to life.  I have held on to one recipe for a couple of years and when we decided on a dinner to include Fatted Calf green sausages, well this accompaniment had to happen. Click to continue »