In the spring, our CSA brings us tender greens, young lettuces, small roots and huge bunches of herbs. As I picked through the farm's choices of herbs that week: angelica, rose Read More →
Portable Soup: My Homemade Bouillon
Portable soup, a sort of homemade bouillon, sustained travelers before Cup O' Noodles lined rest stop shelves and salty powdered bouillon cubes gave home cooks a short cut in Read More →
Perpetual Soup: The Easiest Bone Broth You’ll Make
Bone broth is a staple of my family’s diet. As with healthy fats, heirloom vegetables, grass-fed meats and a good old-fashioned fermented cod liver oil, we consume a lot of Read More →
mystery veggies in your csa box? what to do with what’s in your box.
I have a confession: I have no idea what’s in my CSA box this week, and, I’m confident I’m not alone. Sure, I can recognize the sugar snap peas and carrots, the lacinato Read More →
a vintage recipe: cream of chicken soup
Cream of chicken soup, real cream of chicken soup, doesn’t come from a red and white can, folks. Real cream of chicken soup is homemade, from scratch and lovingly tended as it Read More →
Cider-braised Brisket with Tzimmes
Braised brisket with tzimmes, a classic dish for Rosh Hashanah, takes a new direction with the addition of hard apple cider. Slowly cooked and tenderly watched, grass-fed beef Read More →
Fresh Chicken Broth: Achieving a Solid Gel
A good stock is the backbone of a good kitchen; it provides flavor to your dishes as well as sustenance and nourishment for your body. Broth features in the traditional foods 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 →
Beef Stock: A Simple Recipe
Beef stock - especially homemade beef stock is remarkably easy to prepare especially using this tried-and-true classic beef stock recipe. You don't need purchased beef base to Read More →
Foodbuzz 24 24 24: Recession-proof Supper Party
Money woes are everywhere. Healthcare costs are rising. Food costs are increasing. Electricity is higher now than it used to be. Between lost jobs, shortened working Read More →













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