the season

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Chili Chow-Down

Squash Recipes Perfect for Fall

A Root for All Seasons
by David Feder, R.D.

Parsnips are roots for all seasons, but they're best in the fall.

Bumper Crop

Four simple ways to use tomates now and later

Eggplant

Eggplant can be baked, braised, boiled, fried, grilled, roasted, sautéed or stewed, finding a home in all kinds of dishes, from dips to entrées.

Blueberry Daze

What to do with all those fresh blueberries.

Avocado Recipes

Steve Raichlen's Ultimate Grilling Contest

Side Kicks
by Jill Melton

Five easy sides to make your grilled dinners great.

Grilled Summer Vegetables

Help Grow Your Soup

The Art of Salad
by Jill Melton

Here are some key rules to salad making.

In Your Own Backyard
by Ashley Gartland

No need to get your hands dirty. Let Your Backyard Farmer tend your garden.

'Tis the Season for Grapefruit

Good Fridays
by Kristine Gasbarre

Try this seafood feast that beats the parish fish fry.

More Cheap Eats

Looking for more main-course dishes to fit a shrinking food budget? Try these from Relish:

Cheap Eats

In these days of budget blues, it's hip to live (and eat) like a peasant.

More Popcorn Recipes

Spiffy Pop

Who doesn't love the miracle of popcorn-dried kernels that build up steam until they explode into airy, sweet and nutty nothingness?

Mango Mango: More Recipes from Chef Allen Susser

What's This?

Let's Salsa

Tomato Time: Recipes Using Summer's Best

Tomatoes - A Love Story
by Kris Wetherbee

An encounter with an old Portuguese farmer more than 30 years ago forever changed the course of Gary Ibsen's life.

Burger Time

It’s grilling season—time to head outdoors and grill some burgers.

Fresh from the Market

We don't know about you, but we're tired of broccoli and grape tomatoes.

Chard School
by Jean Kressy

The charm of chard is irresistible. Its mild tasting stems and earthy leaves work in just about any dish, from stir-fries and omelets to gratins and soups.

No Peeking
by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough

Slow cookers take advantage of three centuries of cooking expertise.

Holiday Cranberry Rolls

We love it when readers improvise, as Kelly Toth of Nashua, New Hampshire did with our Rosy Swirl Bread in the November issue.

Citrus Sources
by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough

Just mention oranges or grapefruits and people think of summer. Maybe it’s those juice commercials: all that bright sun, those people in T-shirts.

The Sunshine Season
by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough

Could it be divine intervention that brings us citrus in the middle of winter?

Crimson Pride
by Crescent Dragonwagon

What with plane delays, snowstorms and roasting the turkey, the Thanksgiving holidays can be unpredictable.

A Pumpkin Primer

Gigantic pumpkins are for show. Bland-fleshed and stringy, leave them to for jack-o-lanterns and display.

From Patch to Pan
by Crescent Dragonwagon

If a pumpkin were a movie, it would be a romantic comedy, from its whimsical child-like appearance in the patch, to its lusty taste and texture in the kitchen.

End of Summer Salads

If the dog days of summer are still plaguing your area, fear not—here are some great main-dish salads perfect for sultry end-of-summer nights.

Farmer's Market Salads

Tomatoes fast and furious, mint knee high and peppers by the bushel. Yep, it’s the end of summer, and the bumper crop is here.

Cornucopia on the Cob

If you think the two kinds of corn are the white kind and the yellow kind, you're sadly misinformed.

Corn Days

Big Greens
by Tamar Haspel

A cruise through the farmer's market in July will give you the idea that there are six or seven zillion kinds of greens.

CSA and the City: Episode 2

At the beginning of the season, my CSA gave me a choice: full share or half share.

Salad Ideas: Assertive Arugula

Arugula, also known as rocket or Italian cress, is a bitter, peppery green with an assertive flavor.

Find a CSA Farm in Your Area

Are you looking for a Community-Supported Agriculture Farm in your area?

CSA and the City
by Tamar Haspel

New York city writer Tamar Haspel describes her close encounter with the Communcity-Supported Agriculture program

Salmon is King
by Judith H. Dern

Beginning in April and throughout the summer, wild Pacific salmon leave the ocean and swim upriver to spawn in streams where they were born.

Spring Brunch
by Crescent Dragonwagon

No one knows when the word “brunch,” that delightful contraction of breakfast and lunch, was officially coined

Banana-Rama

Don’t fret when your bananas turn brown—they may be the only fruit that is best not so fresh.

Chocolate-Chile Molten Cake
by Crescent Dragonwagon

Chocolate and the kind of novel with Fabio on the cover share a vocabulary: bittersweet, hot, dark, melting, surrender, lust and passion.

Sweetness & Light
by Brett Jocelyn Epstein

The commemoration of a third-century Christian martyr officially opens the Christmas season for people of Scandinavian and Italian descent around the world.

Pom Poms

You may love pomegranates for their beautiful ruby color and stunning look on your dining table, but save a few for eating, too.

Tricks & Treats

Bake up some cupcakes, throw on a pot of chili, dress the kids and you're ready for...

It's Easy to Be Green
by Crescent Dragonwagon

Unlike juicy, red tomatoes green tomatoes are firm, crisp, dry and tart.

Chocolate and Lemon Sorbet Recipes

Sundae Best
by Crescent Dragonwagon

Here are six sophisticated sundaes, all dressed up and ready to go.

True Blue
by Jean Kressy

Every year about this time we are faced with the most delicious dilemma a cook could wish for: what to do with all those wonderful blueberries that are in season.

Pod Luck
by David Feder

Okra lovers are assumed to have developed their passion for the pods via regional osmosis.

Grilling Tips

Just Peachy
by Crescent Dragonwagon

Undoubtedly the best way to eat a ripe peach is standing over the kitchen sink with the juices running down your arms.

Strawberry Fields Forever

A small, perfectly ripe strawberry picked straight from the plant is one of life's great treats.

Cold Remedies

Cold winter days call for comfy, cozy food. A slow oven coaxes out the flavors in beef, parsnips and beer for a meal perfect for the weekend.

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