Every year around Christmas I make spiced nuts. LOTS of spiced nuts. Everyone gets a jar — family, friends, co-workers, third cousins three times removed… For about a week in December every flat surface in my apartment is covered with cooling spiced nuts. I make lots of different varieties — some sweet, some fiery hot, […]
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Vanilla and Spice Nuts
May 19th, 2012 | by Jen | published in All, DIY Food Projects, Nuanced Nuts, Succulent Spices
Cornbread Smothered Pinto Beans
November 15th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Grand Grains, Weeknight Recipes
I have a list about five miles long of recipes I have marked as ‘to-make’. It’s not a strict and systematic first-in-first-out queue, but more or less I try to start at the beginning and end at the end. I add to it fairly often, and try to consult it at least every month or […]
Early Girl Tomato Sauce
October 18th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, DIY Food Projects, Honorable Herbs, Tomatoes
I lack self control when it comes to buying vegetables from Mariquita Farms. In no way, shape, or form did I need twelve pounds of early girl tomatoes. But something — my vision of delicious ripe tomatoes paired with a lack of
“Potsticker” Radishes
October 12th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes
My favorite type of radish is — hands-down — the french breakfast radish. Oblong, fading from white to pink, mostly mild with a slight peppery bite, I can eat pounds of them if they are slathered with high-quality butter…
Homemade Wild Blackberry Jam
September 5th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Fantastic Fruits, Preserves and Pickles
Picking wild blackberries is something I truly miss about living in the Pacific Northwest. Blackberry bushes hang heavy with ripe fruit in late August and early September all over the state of Washington. After I finished my year of traveling and before I left for California, I spent an August and a September living in […]
Swiss Chard with Indian Lime Pickle
August 2nd, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Chard, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes
Poor chard. People seem to get it in their CSA boxes week after week after week (after week). This abundance (some might say excess) can cause a proclaimed chard lover to mutter, “chard… again…” and can lead even those with the deepest vegetable love to develop a mild disdain, an overwhelmed antipathy, or even an […]
Zuni Inspired Ricotta Gnocchi
July 12th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Cheese, Delectable Dairy, DIY Food Projects, 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 […]
Agretti and Ricotta Cheesecake
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 open, a […]
Apricot, Cornmeal, and Sage Cookies
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 […]
Faela’s Irresistible Spinach Balls
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