Sweet risotto reminds me of my grandmother, and her closely-guarded recipe for rice pudding. I don't remember much about my grandmother's kitchen, only a tiny table, a white Read More →
Red Currant Pie with Buttered Sourdough Crust
July 13, 2012 | by | 14 Comments
Currant pie, sweet and tart with a hint of cinnamon, rounds out the desserts on my summertime table. Currants offer an old-fashioned charm, and I look forward to their brief and Read More →
Sweet Marrow Custard with Vanilla Bean
July 10, 2012 | by | 60 Comments
Layered With Summer Berries . . . Cinnamon sprinkled peaches, or ripe figs in the fall, this faintly sweet custard makes it's way to our breakfast table every season of the Read More →
Here We Go Around the Mulberry Bush: Mulberry and Buttered Einkorn Crumble
June 20, 2012 | by | 16 Comments
Mulberries remind me of a childhood spent climbing trees, scraping knees, catching fireflies and sneaking off to the beach with my best friend - Matt. Military brats, we grew up Read More →
A Recipe: Fresh Fig & Yogurt Tart with Almond Crust
August 15, 2010 | by | 16 Comments
A fresh fig tart, earthy and mildly sweet, is a hard thing to resist. And when fresh figs are paired with honeyed yogurt and almond meal, it’s even harder to resist, especially Read More →
Recipe: Olive Oil Ice Cream with Blood Oranges
April 6, 2010 | by | 23 Comments
Olive oil ice cream with blood oranges, inspired by these olive oil recipes, recently found its way to our kitchen with our first bottles of fresh, raw milk for the year. In this Read More →
Cinnamon Honey Ice Cream
June 3, 2009 | by | Leave a Comment
Fresh cream is in season (don't think of cream as a seasonal food? check out this post For the Love of Fresh Cream), and we're making a lot of ice cream in our home. It's so Read More →
Salmon Cakes
May 10, 2009 | by | 31 Comments
I like to serve these salmon cakes over mixed greens with fresh ruby red grapefruit and homemade wasabi mayonnaise. This recipe represents an excellent opportunity to get salmon Read More →
Really Raw Ice Cream with Wildflower Honey & Blackberries
March 22, 2009 | by | 13 Comments
In the spring and summer months, when cows are grazing on fresh, green grass raw ice cream is a staple in our home. Unlike conventional, cloyingly sweet ice creams, this ice Read More →
Quince Skillet Cake
January 31, 2009 | by | 6 Comments
As hard as they are to find - especially in the Colorado mountains - I love quinces. There's something decidedly old-fashioned about them. They're odd, lumpy fruits and you Read More →
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