My Madison Bistro

Each year, I anxiously await garden-fresh tomatoes. Unfortunately, the weather has not cooperated the past two summers, and my tomato plants have had a rather rough time. Two years ago, we had a drought up until the month of August, then so much rain that there was widespread flooding. And still, the rain was too […]

I stumbled across this recipe last week. I’ve always loved roasted tomatoes, and I’ve frequently taken advantage of roasting to make various varieties of tomato soup in the winter; the roasting process makes even a winter tomato not just palatable, but quite tasty. Roasting tomatoes at a high temperature tends to render them a pile […]

I made this tart specifically for a photo op. You see, every year my family has a Jamaica Party in which we all get together to have a good time and recreate experiences we’ve had on our vacations in Jamaica. It all began when my brother and sister-in-law got married in Jamaica. We had a fabulous […]

A few months back, my mom came to visit me. While she was here, she started paging through my cookbook collection, and writing down a few recipes that she was interested in trying. I encouraged her to definitely try any of Ina’s recipes, as they never seem to fail. I was not surprised to see […]