Reviving Traditional Foods
As kids we were always told that cookies were not an acceptable meal for breakfast. I’d like to know who made up that rule, and then tell them that I’m breaking it. I let my 18 month old eat these cookies for breakfast. They’re made with all natural ingredients so even though they’re cookies, I [...]
Last week I shared my recipe for Grain-Free Shortbread Wedges, crumbly and buttery and just in time for the holidays. Now it is time to share how I morph that recipe into delectable shortbread bars that are delicious on their own, but go completely over the top when dipped in caramel and sprinkled with sea [...]
Whole grain buttermilk biscuits are a rare treat in our home. We begin most mornings with a breakfast of pastured eggs and wilted greens or homemade yogurt and soaked oatmeal porridge. Occasionally, just occasionally, I find the time to prepare whole grain buttermilk biscuits as a special treat. I dust the flour off Meta Given’s [...]
Zaletti are a mildly sweet Venetian cookie studded with rum-soaked currants. Mildly sweet and perfectly crumbly, zaletti are a pleasant dolci reminiscent of shortbread. I first stumbled across these charming Italian cookies while reading In Late Winter We Ate Pears by Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber – a charming memoir that follows two [...]
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Moroccan Preserved Lemons
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