A Recipe: Fermented Hot Chili Sauce

Fermented hot chili sauce – explosive with heat and teeming with food enzymes, beneficial bacteria, vitamin C and carotene.  Traditionally, all hot chili sauces were prepared Read More →

Voodoo Stock: Chicken Feet & Chili Peppers

Chicken feet - gnarly, repulsive and disturbing - make for the very best stock. Devoid of little else but tendons, bone and cartilage (sound appetizing yet?), chicken feet produce Read More →

Barouni Olives: Adventures in Olive Curing

Barouni olives, a variety originally from North Africa that is now also grown in California, made their way to my kitchen this week courtesy of Chaffin Family Orchards.   For Read More →

Redefining Kid's Menus: Beyond Chicken Fingers & Buttered Noodles

We eat out far too often for our own good; fortunately, however, we're blessed with good restaurants that rely heavily on local, organic foods.   We can find grass-finished beef Read More →

Asian Lettuce Wraps with Garlic Scapes

In a rush, a dire rush, I didn't have the chance to take multiple recipe-in-progress photos. But I did manage to capture this one image. It was a delicious meal, low in Read More →

Simple Slaw with Flaxseed Oil, Honey & Chilies

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Coconut Shrimp Soup with Lime, Ginger and Chilies

My family has been battling the flu, and I needed a delicious, nourishing soup to nurse them back to health and decided to create this Thai-inspired coconut shrimp soup. The soup Read More →

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