How to Host a Plot-to-plate Supper

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  Farm-to-table and plot-to-plate cooking is a culinary phenomenon in its own right and now, after years of writing about the beauty of fresh raw cream, the differences between CAFO beef and grass-fed and imploring readers and friends to take an interest in traditional foods, it’s finally happening. And why shouldn’t it?  The food just [...]

an autumn harvest supper by the river

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In just a few weeks the snows will set in, transforming our little Victorian-era mining town into a bustling ski destination for another winter.  And those snows won’t recede for eight long, hard months. It’s this time of year, early October when only the most perseverant leaves still cling to the creamy branches of the aspen [...]

Wilted Spinach Salad with Chicken & Honey Mustard Dressing

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A wilted spinach salad, simple and nourishing, offers an excellent way to incorporate fresh winter greens onto your supper table during the long, dark days of winter when hardy spinach is plentiful. Heating the spinach very slightly, as in this wilted spinach salad recipe requires, provides a dual purpose: not only does it make the [...]

Cottage Pie with Mashed Yams

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This post was generously contributed by Emily of Minneapolis Real Food Lover – one of my favorite blogs focusing on real food.  Over the coming week Nourished Kitchen will feature more guest posts by some of the best, but most undersung voices in the real food community. What will I be doing?  Why sipping fresh [...]

Foodbuzz 24 24 24: Cookery Made Plain & Easy – An 18th Century Supper

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“I Believe I have attempted a branch of Cookery, which nobody has yet though worth their while to write upon … If I have not wrote in the high polite style, I hope I shall be forgiven ; for my intention is to instruct the lower sort, and therefore must treat them in their own [...]

Spaghetti with Clams, Lemon, Saffron & Fresh Oregano

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From time to time, we get a craving for pasta, and noodles.   It’s simple to make, easy and like the best of foods – comforting.   Of course, being traditional food fanatics, we keep a watchful eye on grain consumption and, particularly, refined grain consumption.   Whole wheat pasta doesn’t do since the wheat [...]