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A Thanksgiving Menu with the Perfect Wine Pairings
(Editors’ Note: Planning a full Thanksgiving menu can be a formidable challenge. Picking just the right wines to serve with that feast can be equally challenging – especially if you
CategoriesCondiments/Spices
From Gnarly Root to Powerful Condiment: The Perils and Beauties of Homemade Horseradish
Gas masks, protective goggles and amazing food. Those ideas seem incongruous. Or so I thought years ago, before I met Launie and before I heard the details of her family’s
CategoriesAppetizer Condiments/Spices Dessert Side Dishes Vegetarian
Candied Almonds with Sea Salt: A sweet surprise in an Apple, Bacon and Blue Cheese Salad
I’m not a big fan of sweets other than fruit, and I’m also not a huge blue cheese fan. But, the combination of sugar-coated almonds and blue cheese in this
CategoriesAppetizer Bread/Baking Cheese Drinks Vegetarian
An Early Birthday Present: Light and Cheese Crackers with Scallions, Jalapenos and Olives
I’m going to divulge a deep and dirty secret about being a food blogger. We live and die by daylight. Artificial overhead light ruins the look of food and the
Green Chicken Chili
We are flush with vegetables and gourds from our winter CSA. And one of my favorite things in the world was prevalent this week – tomatillos. So, I whipped us
CategoriesAppetizer Breakfast/Brunch Dessert Dinner Lunch Salad Vegetarian
Pomegranate, Grapefruit and Blueberry Salad in a Champagne Vinaigrette
Poor Demeter. Her daughter, Persephone, was taken by Hades and carried away to the underworld. Demeter was the goddess of agriculture and the earth withered as crops dried up because
CategoriesChicken Chinese Condiments/Spices Dinner Lunch
Meeting Lynne Rossetto Kasper from The Splendid Table and a Recipe for Master Chicken
(Nobody was sitting, everyone wanted to stand in line for an autograph!) There are a lot of food “personalities” that we love, but only one has ever gotten us out
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Apple, Summer Savory and Chipotle Chutney Tart
Oh, the lovely things we find at the farmers market. Jedd was afraid that this past week might be the last because of the weather. (It snowed on Friday. Yikes!)
CategoriesAppetizer Dinner Lunch Side Dishes Vegetarian
Stuffed Delicata Squash with Ginger Lemon Tea Couscous
In our last CSA basket for the season (sad sniffle) we had some beautiful delicata squash. And I wanted to celebrate them with a hearty stuffing that was as pretty
Spicy Grilled Mini Pizzas with a Parsley, Tomato Gremolata
I really believe that parsley is an under-utilized ingredient. I love the stuff. One of my odd little dating/dining embarrassments would be the fact that I wouldn’t eat the parsley
Local Farm Profile: An August evening at Duffy Hill Farm
Halfway up one of the many green hills rolling gently a mile outside the small village of Enosburg Falls, Vermont, sits a small house built in 1870, a unique two-cupola
CategoriesDrinks
Have You Ever Thought About How Good Bloody Marys Are For You?
They’re a staple at brunch and perfect on a lazy Sunday afternoon while watching movies. There is much more to the humble Bloody Mary, though. Even though they contain vodka
CategoriesCondiments/Spices
Making Homemade Seasoned Salt in a Pinch
I racked my brain and thought of what was in seasoned salt, and I realized we had everything in the kitchen to make my own. …
CategoriesChinese
Making your own Chinese hot chili paste (La jiao jiang)
The name literally translates as ‘hot pepper paste’. You can buy it at most grocery stores or specialty markets, but it’s so easy there’s really no reason not to make it yourself. I made this batch the other day so I could add it to some spicy Lanzhou cilantro noodle soup I’ve been craving for a long time.
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CategoriesCondiments/Spices
Oven drying hot peppers to make your own chili flakes
We have all seen the ubiquitous little shakers of red chili pepper flakes in pizza places. But I like to make my own dried chilis because they are cheaper –