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A Nomad’s Meal | Kicked Up Hatch Chili
It’s a short season. They’re only really available at the tail end of August. And I can see why people are obsessed. Festivals and cooking competitions span New Mexico and beyond as fans of Hatch’s...
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Local Foods Week | Brining Two Kinds of Pork
I haven’t made a whole lot of pork lately. I’ve been swooning over spice-rubbed chicken, braising all manner of cuts beef, and grilling plenty of fish. I think pork needs its due. I am a big fan,...
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Local Foods Week | Curried Pumpkin
Local pumpkins are now prolific at farmer’s markets and my Whole Foods. They are tasty, vitamin-packed treasures that are as versatile as you care to make them. Add in some of the last of my backyard...
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Because You’re Only 4 1/2 Once | Chocolate Pudding
Birthdays call for cakes. Half birthdays, pudding. Cherub celebrated her four and half years in this world just this past Friday. We had pudding as a special I-turned-four-and-a-half dessert....
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Persephone’s Drinks Cabinet | The Rum Whitfield
Oh my goodness. I stumbled on something. Pumpkin water. Water. Only the complete essence of pumpkin. Much like tomato water. Only pumpkiny-er. Obviously. I just knew this would make a good...
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Mix This | Georgian ‘Curry’ Mix
In Georgian cooking, Khmeli Suneli is a spice mix that can be used as a dry rub or as an enhancement to soups and stews. It is essentially a curry, since it’s just a mix of spices. You can choose to...
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My Most Favorite Soup | Spicy Senegalese Peanut
This is truly and honestly my most favorite soup of all time. It is creamy and comforting, spicy and flavorful. It is African-influenced. It is at once modern and familiar. And while you’ll need a...
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It’s Not Just for St. Patrick’s | Scratch Corned Beef
When we visited our farmer friend Dick Jensen a few weeks ago for maple tapping, we picked up some of his lovingly raised and delicious grass-fed beef. We blew through the short ribs (I still owe you...
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Unexpected Savory | Cumin Granola
Sometimes texture can be just as important to a dish as flavor. It’s harder to enjoy something that’s just a bowl of mush. Ok, aside from perhaps enjoying a whole dinner of say, mashed potatoes with...
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Fast Fashion | Five-Spice Duck
This meal is simple enough for a weeknight, but also sexy enough for a date night. Just like a good pair of skinny black pants. Duck turns out to cost about as much as a good piece of grass-fed beef....
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