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 the weekend […]
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Polpettone: Italian Stuffed Meatloaf
April 25th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Carrots, Garlic, Honorable Herbs, Meats and Sausages, Most Popular, Onion, Parsley, Succulent Spices
Oeufs Mollets Estragon
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…
A New Look for Modern Beet!
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…
Cardoon Gratin
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…
Five Spice Orange Preserves
March 23rd, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Fantastic Fruits, Lemon, Orange, Preserves and Pickles, 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…
Fresh Buttermilk Cheese with Lemon and Thyme
March 15th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Cheese, Delectable Dairy, DIY Food Projects, 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…
Roasted Crab with Fennel and Orange
February 22nd, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Fantastic Fruits, Garlic, Honorable Herbs, Orange, Succulent Spices, Thyme, Weekend Projects
Here it is, the end of Dungeness crab season and I am *finally* getting around to posting this delicious roasted crab recipe… don’t walk… RUN to get the last…
David Tanis’ Beets
January 25th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Beets, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes
For a blog named after beets, it’s been far too long since I featured a recipe based on my favorite root vegetable. The occasion for these…
Orange, Pomelo, Lemon and Ginger Preserves
January 7th, 2010 | by Jen | published in All, Fantastic Fruits, Farming, Gardening, & Food Preservation, Ginger, Lemon, Most Popular, Orange, Preserves and Pickles, Succulent Spices, Weekend Projects
Yesterday I inaugurated my new canning equipment — a huge 12 quart stockpot, a canning funnel, a magnetic lid lifter, and a bright red rubber coated jar lifter. Joy! Granted…
Savoy Cabbage Gratin with Saint-Marcellin
November 30th, 2009 | by Jen | published in All, Around the World, Cabbage, Cheese, Delectable Dairy, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes
One of the best parts of my recent move has been unpacking the multiple boxes of cookbooks that I sealed up and put into storage before leaving for Germany. At the time I thought I was putting my “second tier” books…