July 12th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Around the World, Cheese, DIY Food Projects, Delectable Dairy, Weekend Projects
Ricotta, ricotta, ricotta. So versatile, so simple, so delicious when done well, and so awful when done wrong. For most of my life I hated ricotta, thinking it too rubbery and tasteless. That is, until I tried (quote unquote) REAL ricotta. Not the stuff from the grocery store, but the artisan cheese that is traditionally [...]
June 13th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Delectable Dairy, Veritable Vegetables, Weekend Projects
The first time I saw tumbleweed rolling down the street was in rural eastern Washington. We were in some small town near the Idaho border whose name escapes me now. It was early, 7AM or so, and my dad and I pulled the truck up to the only place in town that was [...]
May 23rd, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Fantastic Fruits, Honorable Herbs, Weekend Projects
It’s not that often that I get fluttery thinking about cookies. Most of the time cookies are cookies, and I could take or leave them (well, to be honest I’ll usually take them). These cookies, however, are certainly an exception. I think I could eat them everyday for the rest of my life. They are [...]
May 6th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Veritable Vegetables
Steven’s grandmother Faela is a woman I wish I could have met. She passed away long before Steven and I knew each other, so anything I know about her is gathered from old photographs, recipe cards
April 25th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Carrots, Garlic, Homemade Sausage and Meat Cookery, Honorable Herbs, Onion, Parsley, Succulent Spices
I daydream a lot about cooking during the week, especially when I’m on the train. Its rhythmic click-clack, the morning fog, and a warm cup of coffee are just the right combination for daydreaming about things I want to cook. During the week not so many of those dreams become reality, but during [...]
April 18th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Around the World, Honorable Herbs
The path to contentment on a Sunday morning for me involves good coffee, a little sunshine, perfectly toasted bread, and eggs with golden runny yolks…
April 12th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All
Nearly two and half years ago I started this blog with a lot of enthusiasm for cooking and a just a little knowledge about website design. Fast forward to today…
April 11th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Cheese, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes
There is only one vendor that sells cardoon at my farmer’s market, and they display the stalks in a gigantic flower vase. Every time I walk past this stand, I think of Tim Burton…
March 23rd, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Fantastic Fruits, Lemon, Orange, Preserves and Pickles, Uncategorized, Weekend Projects
These preserves are the result of a co-worker’s citrus bounty from his backyard tree. He brought in a bag of delicious, juicy oranges a few days ago, and I was the happy recipient…
March 15th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Cheese, DIY Food Projects, Delectable Dairy, Fantastic Fruits, Honorable Herbs, Lemon, Thyme
There is no cheese that I enjoy more than high quality, handmade ricotta. For years I poo-poo’d it because all I had ever tasted was the shelf stable, strangely homogeneous, fairly tasteless, mass-produced grocery store variety. And then a few years ago…
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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...