Swimming a pool of fresh cream and seasoned with fragrant herbs, baked salmon makes for a satisfying and deeply nourishing supper. Simple food is often the best food. Indeed, good food needn’t be complicated. When you rely on wholesome ingredients of the best quality you can reasonably afford, the simplest of preparations will illuminate their [...]
Hachiya Persimmon & Mandarin Ice Cream
December 1, 2009 By 7 Comments
Sure, spring brings strawberries and summer brings peaches, but autumn with its bounty of turnips, rutabagas and curly kale is my favorite season. It’s the season of under-loved and under-appreciated fruits and vegetables – the kind that rarely make it to the kitchen table for want of culinary know-how or for simple lack of [...]
Chocolate Mint Mousse
August 5, 2009 By 14 Comments
Chocolate mint mousse- bittersweet and addictive – makes for a tasty summer treat. The kind of treat that’ll make you forget your manners and start licking every last touch of the chocolate minty goodness from your fingertips. Desserts don’t find their way to our supper table too often – aside from fresh [...]
Really Raw Ice Cream with Wildflower Honey & Blackberries
March 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 cream is milder in is sweetness which allows you to more fully appreciate the flavor of fresh, raw cream and milk. To make [...]
Lox & Scallion Scrambled Eggs with Herbs
January 18, 2009 By 3 Comments
This is one of our favorite breakfast dishes. Use wholesome ingredients: pastured eggs, wild salmon, organic vegetables and herbs. The best ingredients yield not only the the best-tasting results, but also the most nutrient-dense. Pastured eggs are naturally rich in vitamin A while wild salmon is rich in omega-3 fatty acids which [...]
Honeyed Panna Cotta with Fresh Berries
September 21, 2008 By 12 Comments
You’ll need: 1 Quart Fresh Whipping Cream 2 Tablespoons Unflavored Gelatin 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract ½ Cup Honey 1 Pint Fresh Blackberries and Raspberries Unlike most recipes for panna cotta in which the custards are set in individual servings, this recipe encourages you to pour the custard into one large dish and then cut individual [...]
Beef Stroganov
May 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Cheap, nourishing and deeply delicious, this is some serious comfort food. It’s a heavy dish, ideal for winters and cold, cold days. Make sure to use grass-fed beef which is considerably healthier (and considerably more humane) than feed-lot beef. This dish should feed 4 people who have big appetites and will stretch to six people [...]
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