Zuni Inspired Ricotta Gnocchi

July 12th, 2010  |  by  |  published in All, Cheese, Delectable Dairy, DIY Food Projects, Weekend Projects

Zuni Inspired Ricotta Gnocchi

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  |  published in All, Delectable Dairy, Veritable Vegetables, Weekend Projects

Agretti and Ricotta Cheesecake

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 […]





Fresh Buttermilk Cheese with Lemon and Thyme

March 15th, 2010  |  by  |  published in All, Cheese, Delectable Dairy, DIY Food Projects, Fantastic Fruits, Honorable Herbs, Lemon, Thyme

Fresh Buttermilk Cheese with Lemon and 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…





Beet Towers with Farmers Cheese and Oranges

May 8th, 2008  |  by  |  published in All, Beets, Cheese, Delectable Dairy, Fantastic Fruits, Orange, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes

Beet Towers with Farmers Cheese and Oranges

Ah, beets. My trusty standby — ready to be prepared and enjoyed in the same old ordinary way (roasted, plain), yet always willing to be a player in my latest experimental recipe. It’s hard not to appreciate…





Springtime Vegetable Tart with Peas, Asparagus, and Basil

April 9th, 2008  |  by  |  published in All, Asparagus, Basil, Honorable Herbs, Peas & Pea Shoots, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes

Springtime Vegetable Tart with Peas, Asparagus, and Basil

Today’s recipe is a fantastic manifestation of the idea, ‘what grows together, goes together’. In these early days of spring, ‘bright green’ seems to be the theme — bright green shelling peas are exploding in my garden…




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