Dandelion greens, like all greens, love fat. Their robust bitterness and peppery undertones are muted, to some degree, by the liquid smoothness of unrefined olive oil or – even Read More →
Weeds on the Kitchen Table: Wilted Dandelion Greens with Toasted Mustard Seed
June 12, 2012 | by | 14 Comments
My Favorite Things: Dolphin Watching, Fennel Pollen & the Mindful Carnivore
January 30, 2012 | by | Leave a Comment
It’s hard to believe it’s the end of January already. January feels like it’s flown by, and I’m still searching for my footing. Putting the month behind me – having Read More →
My Favorite Things in December: Hot Springs, Magnesium Oil and Site Updates
December 29, 2011 | by | Leave a Comment
It’s hard to believe it’s the end of the year already. Sometimes, I feel lost amid the rapids of life – the work, the emails, our farmers market and real food bank, the Read More →
traditional remedies from the garden: stinging nettle infusion with mint & clover
August 31, 2011 | by | 5 Comments
Stinging nettle infusion spiked with mint and red clover found its way to my kitchen counter by chance this summer where its deep green, inky hue is now desperately loved. Yes, Read More →
tomatoes provençale & where to find truly good olive oil
August 25, 2011 | by | Leave a Comment
Tomatoes provençale, a simple dish that highlights the bounty of late summer gardens with its emphasis on fresh tomatoes, finds its way to our table almost daily in August when we Read More →
Brine-pickled Beets with Ginger and Orange
April 28, 2011 | by | 28 Comments
Fermented beets, dank and earthy and sour, number among my favorite ferments of vegetable. While I will always love the fetid odor of a true sauerkraut, the clean and salty Read More →
A Recipe: Ketchup for Real Food Lovers
February 18, 2011 | by | 46 Comments
Homemade ketchup – it sounds complicated as though you’d spend all day in the kitchen pounding your way through vats of tomatoes and slowly simmering them away in kettles on a Read More →
brine pickled garlic scapes
August 27, 2010 | by | 4 Comments
Brine-pickled garlic scapes, a near-perfect example of waste-not, want-not thinking, makes excellent use of a seemingly obscure food – one cherished only by gardeners and only 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 →
keep the bounty: week #2
August 9, 2010 | by | Leave a Comment
It’s week #2 of the Keep the Harvest Challenge at Nourished Kitchen and we’re working our way through August by ditching our canners, and brushing up on old-world, traditional Read More →
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