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 […]
November 4th, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, Cheese, DIY Food Projects, Grand Grains, Meats and Sausages, Most Popular, Tomatoes, Veritable Vegetables
Oh. My. God. This is the best pie crust I have ever tasted! So flaky. So moist. And oh the hint of bacon… In preparing for our move to Germany, I have been going through the cupboards…
September 4th, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, Delectable Dairy, Grand Grains, Honorable Herbs, Weekend Projects
I can’t quite remember when buttermilk became a regular fixture in my refrigerator. But somehow it did, and now I use it all the time — salad dressings, as a marinade for chicken, in biscuits…
August 12th, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, Grand Grains, Most Popular, Succulent Spices, Summer Squash & Zucchini, Veritable Vegetables, Weekend Projects
The annual zucchini proliferation is upon us! Last week alone I was given six large zucchini, which were in addition to the four I had bought at the farmer’s market the weekend before. Whew!
July 16th, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, DIY Food Projects, Grand Grains, Most Popular, Weekend Projects
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…
March 22nd, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, Farming, Gardening, & Food Preservation, Grand Grains, Most Popular, Weekend Projects
I *love* homemade, fresh from the oven biscuits. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, with tea or an afternoon snack, freshly baked biscuits go with so many things. A typical biscuit recipe makes between 16 and 24 biscuits…
January 4th, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, Beets, Carrots, Fantastic Fruits, Grand Grains, Pomegranate, Sweet Potatoes / Yams, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes
On a recent trip to the Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco, I made up my mind that I was finally going to purchase a bottle of pomegranate syrup which I had been eyeing since I first read about it on…
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...