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 better – the smokiness of a good quality bacon fat, free of added nitrates and nitrites and produced from hogs raised outdoors and under a vibrant [...]
Weeds on the Kitchen Table: Wilted Dandelion Greens with Toasted Mustard Seed
June 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
Onion Bisque with Frizzled Leeks & Rosemary
March 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
Onion bisque, a decidedly humble food, bridges the seasons of winter and spring in a beautiful marriage of overwintered onions and shallots with the new leeks of early spring. While many traditional bisques rely on thickening from cream or a floury roux, this simple onion bisque relies instead on a smooth body of pureed leeks [...]
slowcooker chicken soup to soothe a weary soul
March 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Slowcooker chicken soup can soothe a weary soul. These days mine is in desperate want of soothing. There are months when life seems to take the lead and you’re always just one step behind – months when obligations never cease, when kids and work and charitable obligations all need your attention NOW and without compromise. There are months [...]
A Recipe for Winter: Apple & Spice Dutch Baby Pancake
February 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dutch baby pancakes, puffy and golden brown, are my go-to dish for wholesome and nourishing breakfasts. At night, when I’ve tucked my son into his cotton quilts and woolen blankets, I ask him what he wants to eat for the next morning’s breakfast. So many dishes, properly prepared, need time – soaked oatmeal porridge, baked [...]
a recipe for good luck: creamed collard greens
December 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
Looking for a collard greens recipe to bring a little luck to your new year? In this traditional recipe for creamed collards, collard greens are gently simmered in fresh cream with caramelized onions and sprinkling of freshly grated nutmeg. Creamed collards speak to the essence of comfort food in a way few other dishes do. There’s easy [...]
Bûche de Noël (Grain-free, Gluten-free Holiday Cake)
December 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bûche de Noël, an homage to the yule log in velvety rich chocolate form, is a welcome if not essential holiday treat in many homes. A thick and luscious layer of dense chocolate sponge cake is wrapped around a layer of mouse or chantilly cream, dusted with cocoa powder and often finished with chocolate ganache [...]
how to celebrate the first snow (a recipe for buckwheat sourdoughnuts)
October 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The first snow of the seasongreeted us this morning, blanketing our mountain town under a thin, cold and icy film. Grey clouds hung low against the hills, revealing the peaks only by the fleeting whims of a chilly autumn breeze. Each year when the snows first arrive, we celebrate – last year they arrived on [...]
Tomato & Cucumber Salad
August 12, 2010 By 14 Comments
Tomato and cucumber salad, sparkling with the bright flavors of parsley, fresh lemon juice and a subdued and earthy olive oil, finds its way to our supper table several times a week during the height of the tomato season from early August through mid-September. Our family loves the simple combination of some of summer’s best [...]
a recipe: minimalist roast chicken
July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Easy roast chicken, using the most minimal of ingredients and techniques, has found its way into our kitchen more than once in the past month. When time is limited, as it has been for our family lately, nourishing foods become ever more important, and while we strive our best to eat well and to celebrate the bounty [...]
A Recipe: Homemade Horseradish
July 6, 2010 By 15 Comments
Homemade horseradish found its way to our table this week, and it’s hot – painfully hot, pleasurably hot, perfectly hot. When fresh horseradish root appears at market, which is rarely, I fight my way to it – elbowing into the stand before the other Weston A Price Foundation and fermentation enthusiasts in my community can [...]
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