4 early summer with and Recipes

originally , native americans cooked these on hot rocks in an open fire. they were commonly referred to as ash cakes. later on, settlers from europe adopted the recipe, cooking the cakes on the blades of their hoes in the fireplace. this is where they get the name, hoe cakes ., this is a old (from early 1800s) pass-along recipe from va, which makes a thin hoe cake., great served with honey or butter, but i remember it most during, summer and harvest time, with fresh greens and all types of, garden veggies. sort of like a sop bread, water, white cornmeal, bacon drippings or butter, sugar, egg, well beaten, plain flour, salt, baking powder, milk or butter

summer truffles, grapeseed oil, black truffle oil, salt, cabernet sauvignon, veal stock (can be purchased from specialty stores), a pinch sugar, a pinch salt, a pinch freshly cracked black pepper, sized early girl tomatoes, beef tenderloin portions, olive oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper, head radicchio cut in quarters and tossed in 1 tbsp balsamic and 2 tbsp olive oil, banyuls vinegar or substitute aged balsamic, aged balsamic vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, divided, chopped fresh oregano leaves, sliced chives, capers removed from brine and rinsed , fried in 1/4 cup olive oil until, crispy, approximately 2 minutes . remove and drain from oil.

chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth, tender young leeks, white and tender greens thinly sliced and dark green tops reserved, vegetable oil, white new potatoes, thinly sliced, sorrel (3/4 lb), stemmed and cut into thin ribbons, pencil-thin asparagus (about 10), cut into 1-inch lengths, half-and-half, salt and freshly ground pepper