One of my favorite things about the Christmas season is making offerings from kitchen and heart for friends and family. A consistent favorite among recipients not just for gifts but also gatherings is my cashew bark, a confection of chocolate, salty nuts, butter, and sugar. Heat transforms the butter and sugar into a crisp toffee. [...]
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Chocolate Cashew Bark: sweet, slightly salty, decadent toffee
Posted in almonds, baking, butter, chocolate, Christmas, Christmas food, dessert, Food, ice cream, nuts, recipes, sweet things, vegetarian, tagged baking, dessert, Food, holiday, holidays, recipes on December 12, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Golden Chicken with dried apricots and mushrooms
Posted in almonds, camping, cast iron, chicken, Cooking And Baking, dried fruit, Dutch oven, family, Food, onions, rice, whole grains, tagged camping, chicken, cooking, dinner, family, Food, health, photography, recipes on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Somehow when you combine a few ingredients and a few spices from the pantry in a Dutch oven, you can get a dish that is much greater than the sum of its parts: it comes out golden brown, with its own sauce and a blend of flavors that are comforting and tangy and potentially a [...]
Favorite Salad #2: Mediterranean, and other than that you’ll just have to read
Posted in almonds, appetizer, carrots, chard, cheese, Cooking And Baking, cucumber, currants, farmer's market, Food, Greek food, health, Italian, lettuce, mustard, organic food, organic gardening, radish, salad, tagged dinner, family, Food, recipes, salad on February 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We eat a lot of salad around here with various permutations and combinations, but two have come to have names. One we call “favorite salad #1.” No, I have not posted about it yet. You’ll just have to come back to find out about it. (Grin.) Tonight I’m talking “Favorite salad #2.” Favorite salad #2 [...]
Catalan Stew over Spanish Rice with Quinoa: Columbian exchange on a plate
Posted in almonds, chile, CSA, farmer's market, Food, frugal living, fusion cuisine, health, Indian food, onions, quinoa, raisins, rice, sweet pepper, tomato, turkey, whole grains, tagged dinner, environment, family, Food, fusion cuisine, health, history, leftovers, photography, quinoa, recipe, recipes, rice, turkey, whole grains on February 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Catalan is the language spoken in Catalonia, near the border of France and Spain, and in the tiny country of Andorra (which was so small it was excluded from the Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI and therefore remained at war until the 1950s!). The food from this part of the world is rich in [...]
