Grilled Corn with Smoked Paprika Butter
This recipe gets back to the heart and soul of Modern Beet — simple preparations of fresh, seasonal vegetables! As we near the end of July, fresh corn is showing up more…
This recipe gets back to the heart and soul of Modern Beet — simple preparations of fresh, seasonal vegetables! As we near the end of July, fresh corn is showing up more…
I’ve always been one to focus more on the main course than dessert, hence, desserts have never been my specialty. However, when summer comes around, fresh fruits, especially berries…
This preserve came about thanks to one of my co-workers with a prolific plum tree in his backyard. He brought me about 4 lbs of delicious, ripe, and juicy black plums, which begged to be made into some sort of preserve…
I have tried to make bread from scratch many times, and I have failed miserably many times… It’s probably that I don’t knead enough, but whenever I try to make bread from scratch (quick breads excepted), they…
Ah, deviled eggs — an unsophisticated American classic… simple but loved, plain but comforting… a little creamy, eggy, savory, vinegar-y — what’s not to like?
It’s amazing how time flies — here we are already a week into July, and time for the next ‘Fresh From the Farmer’s Market’ blog carnival. Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to submit an article for this month’s digest! Recipes Photo from Go Frolic Debs from Go Frolic sends a recipe […]
Here’s another dish that barely qualifies as a recipe, but is so delicious that I wanted to share… simple summer fruit salad with fresh mint and balsamic — it’s sweet, tangy, minty, a little savory, and surprisingly…
A couple weekends ago I was strolling through the Palo Alto farmer’s market when I came across two mountains of beans piled on a red checked table cloth…
This month I joined the Daring Bakers! After drooling over the opera cake at Sugarlaws and Feeding Maybelle last month, I decided I would throw my hat into the ring and learn to bake something new…
The more I shop at the farmer’s market, the less often I come across vegetables I’ve never seen before. When I first started visiting the farmer’s market, I had lots of ‘first encounters’: black radishes…

I daydream a lot about cooking during the week, especially when I’m on the train. Its rhythmic...
Yesterday I inaugurated my new canning equipment -- a huge 12 quart stockpot, a canning funnel, a ma...
I read cookbooks to relax. There is no better way for me to unwind than to read a recipe, imagine t...

I have been craving some serious American food as of late. A week ago I had the overwhelming urge ...

A few weeks ago on the same France trip that introduced me to Feves au Lard Fume, Steven and I met u...

When I try to explain what tempeh is to a person who isn't familiar with it, it never ends up soundi...

I had a quiche epiphany the first time I tasted the quiche from Tartine Bakery in San Francisco. Th...
Besides the expected potatoes and cabbage, green garlic is one item that I have been coming across w...

Hands down, my favorite breakfast is two soft boiled eggs, a touch of butter, a piece or two of good...
The range of culinary emotions I've experienced living here in Germany for the past three months spa...

Long time no see! The recent Modern Beet silence has been due to the fact that I made an internatio...

I can't believe how easy it is to make gravlax. Or let me rephrase that statement -- I can't belie...
I was looking out my apartment window the other day when my gaze came to rest on a tree about fiftee...
Oh. My. God. This is the best pie crust I have ever tasted! So flaky. So moist. And oh the hin...
These past few weeks have been particularly busy and challenging for me. I changed jobs, spent two ...

Wilkommen nach Deutschland! Ok, full-disclosure time: I haven't yet made this myself, but I watche...

A while back, I got the idea in my head that I wanted to make my own sausage. Why? first and forem...

I was walking back from lunch the other day with my coworker Fritz, and he (very) jokingly proclaime...
Perhaps you would have chuckled if you saw me leaping into the air, grabbing at bunches of elderberr...

The annual zucchini proliferation is upon us! Last week alone I was given six large zucchini, which...