Taste Buds, Maine Food, Cooking, Recipes - Sandy Oliver

Maine shrimp added to intimidating risotto

Risotto is nice for a change, and you can make it into a very decent main dish by adding meat or shellfish, in this case little Maine shrimp. more

By Sandy Oliver | 3/12/10 | 185 views

Tartlike brambles mix raisins, lemons

Brambles are a lovely old-fashioned tartlike pastry with a filling of raisins, egg, lemon juice and rind, sugar, and sometimes crackers. It tastes a lot better than it sounds with the tartness of the … more

By Sandy Oliver | 3/6/10 | 146 views

Savory ways to enjoy different types of squash

A few weeks ago, we regaled you with squash pie at its sweet best, and now it is time to talk about savory squash. Our squashes — butternuts, buttercups, kubocha, and Delicata — are holding up … more

By Sandy Oliver | 2/27/10 | 201 views

Coconut Chicken adds variety to winter menu

This way of fixing chicken is this month’s wish for variety, and is the sort of thing I like to eat in winter when a little added fat tastes better than it does in summer. more

By Sandy Oliver | 2/20/10 | 591 views

It’s chocolate cake with a gooey pudding surprise inside

Lots of folks like chocolate, and they like it on Valentine’s Day and maybe every other day, too. This show-off dessert is found on lots of restaurant menus because it looks solid until you stick … more

By Sandy Oliver | 2/13/10 | 320 views

Use pumpkin as a versatile base for soups

Whatever pumpkins we haven’t used by now do begin to get spots on them by this time of year. What to do with them? more

By Sandy Oliver
BDN | 2/6/10 | 413 views

Season calls for shrimp, pesto rolls

This is the time of year when we see tiny Maine shrimp for sale by the side of the road up and down the coast and in the stores, too. This year the shrimp season has been extended to the end of May … more

By Sandy Oliver
Special to the BDN | 1/30/10 | 427 views

Squash pie search yields several recipes

Norma Haynie wrote in December to see if anyone had a recipe for squash pie. more

By Sandy Oliver | 1/16/10 | 491 views

Corn Pudding great even with canned ingredients

It doesn’t pay to be too snooty about your grub. more

By Sandy Oliver
Special to the NEWS | 1/9/10 | 578 views

Mrs. Nabb’s Oat Scones not too sweet, nicely chewy

While I work on all those squash pie recipes you sent, I would like to share the first scone recipe I ever collected. It has been a favorite of mine for 41 years now. more

By Sandy Oliver | 1/2/10 | 498 views