Let’s face it: good food costs good money. In my area, a nice pasture-raised broiler fetches between $4 and $5 / lb. I count my stars that it’s this low considering that some national retailers of pastured poultry get away with charging twice that to their customers. It’s expensive, especially when you can [...]
Roast Chicken Stock
February 17, 2009 By 32 Comments
Rich in vital minerals, glucosamine, chondroitin and gelatin, bone broths are nutritional powerhouses. They’re inexpensive to make, richly nutritive and deeply flavorful. We try to incorporate broth into our daily diet for its many benefits. The cider vinegar used in this recipes helps to release more minerals from the bones. This version [...]
Morrocan-spiced Roast Chicken
January 4, 2009 By 6 Comments
Roast chicken is a staple in our home, but herb-roasted chicken – as delicious as it is – can become dull from week to week. The recipe for this chicken is my interpretation of the classic roast chicken frequently served in Morocco with lacto-fermented lemons and olives. I spent quite a while in [...]
One Local Summer: Week 8
July 26, 2008 By 3 Comments
We enjoyed this meal directly after last Sunday’s market. I’d taken the day off. Between working full-time and mothering our toddler, I don’t have the energy to be at market any more and I think my presence (particularly with said toddler in tow) was more of a burden than a help to my [...]
Perfect Roast Chicken
July 26, 2008 By 7 Comments
I roast a chicken every week, sometimes two chickens in a week. It’s easy, relatively inexpensive and it lasts. You can have roast chicken one night, Asian lettuce wraps the next and then a soup from the broth. It’s a wonder that I’ve never posted the recipe before given that we make it every [...]
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