This recipe is from Organic and Chic: Cakes, Cookies, and Other Sweets That Taste as Good as They Look by Sarah Magid. I checked the book out from the library on a whim. The shortcakes turned out to be very good, with mint from the garden, local strawberries, and some nice cream from a good […]
Tagged mint, recipe, shortcake, strawberryWe took Lynn’s spring break to go to New Orleans. Upon Neva’s excellent suggestion we had muffulettas at Central Grocery. That’s a really good sandwich with a topping of Central Grocery’s olive salad, which is modified giardiniera. When we came how we just had to try our hand at making our own giardinieria. We started […]
Tagged giardinieraThese links deal with sustainable and organic farming. The Cornucopia Institute is especially appealing to me because of its emphasis on pairing farms with local consumers. It is an extension of the notion of Community Supported Agriculture. We belong to FACSAP. The second link gives ways to volunteer on organic farms throughout the world. Cornucopia […]
Tagged CSA, farming, sustainable, volunteerHere are two dictionaries dealing with cooking terms. I’ve found them both useful when I come across a new term in a recipe, or a descriptive term that I want to get right. Cooking Dictionary, Glossary and Terms directory. collection of glossaries (tags: cooking definitions food glossary glossaries) A: Page 1: Cooking Terms: RecipeTips.com Glossary […]
Tagged cooking, dictionary, glossaryWe tried the recipe for Baked Artichokes with Onions, Lemons, Black Olives & Mint and took it to our friend’s house to share with some excellent chicken they made. The recipe is from “The Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes and Cooking Lessons from San Francisco’s Beloved Restaurant.” The picture here was taken at […]
Tagged artichoke, lemon, mint. onion. olivesSurfing recipes I found good recipe for ricotta pancakes: Sunday Brunch: Ricotta Pancakes, from the excellent blog Serious Eats. Great! Added toasted pecans (broken into pieces), a pear, and a cup of blueberries. Also added more baking powder and used a mixture of corn, oat, and wheat flours. We watched I’m Not There last night. […]
Tagged breakfast recipes food pancakesI love reading recipes on the Web. The Squash, shrimp & beans is for later this week, the pancakes for breakfast tomorrow,and the lamb shanks for tomorrow’s dinner. Dinner Tonight: Acorn Squash, Shrimp, and Green Bean Stew (Ginataan Sitawa Kalabasa) | Serious Eats : Recipes We made this one Monday for dinner. it was wonderful! […]
Tagged lamb shanks, pancakes, Recipes, shrimp, squashDinner tonight was pot roast using the recipe known throughout the Web as Lisa’s Lazy Pot Roast. The recipe is very easy,and the result, if you cook the meat slowly, is very satisfying. Super good on a chilly night. It seems that the recipe is published in The Complete Meat Cookbook You can also read […]
Tagged recipes dinnerGetting ready for classes often brings some fun surprises. MyCyberTwin is one of them. It’s a site where you can set up an AI that will converse with a visitor. It also includes ways to train the AI so it has standard responses for certain types of statements or situations. MyCyberTwin – Chat to ernest […]
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