At the start of 2011, I started tagging some of our favorite recipes of the year. Larry and I sat down today and pared that list down to our favorites. We didn’t have a pre-determined number of items, so we ended up with eight things that were our favorite, and most memorable of the year. [...]
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I bookmarked the recipe for these decadent buns the from the moment I got Flour. I always put it off – brioche takes time, and there are multiple parts, and it just seemed like a lot of work and pre-planning. I thought maybe Thanksgiving weekend would be a good time to try them, but was [...]
After the amazing black pepper tofu I made from Plenty, I knew I needed to try more from the book. My second choice was easy – a caramelized garlic tart. A savory tart isn’t something I make very often, but this one really appealed to me – creamy, caramelized and browned garlic, herbs and two [...]
I had the chance to pick up some more of the excellent Moon Meadow ground beef at the farmer’s market so we had a rare burger. Not a burger cooked rare, but that we rarely make burgers. This recipe is somewhat simple, just beef mixed with chopped up bacon and some Worcestershire sauce. The bacon [...]
I love sugar cookies, and molasses spice cookies are at the top of Larry’s list of favorites. These are a great mix of the two – butter, subtle spices, nice soft texture. Every time I took another bite of one I found myself thinking, “wow, this is a good cookie”. I’m still having a few [...]
It’s confession time. My husband loves cottage pie. That’s shepherd’s pie, a mixture of lamb and vegetables and topped with mashed potatoes, but made with ground beef instead. I never make it so he keeps a supply of Blake’s All Natural Shepherd’s Pie in the freezer. It’s criminal, really, the depths that he has to [...]
This tofu is amazingly good. Not only is it delicious hot out out the pan, but it’s surprisingly good leftover. I thought the texture might suffer, but it didn’t. This dish can be fiery hot but it’s easy to cut back on the pepper. If you’re interested in the recipe, it can be found online [...]
I was given a container of homemade ricotta by an Italian co-worker, whose family is in the restaurant business. It had been well-drained so I thought it would be great to use it in a cake – except I kept snarfing a bit here, a bit there, until I didn’t have enough for cake. I [...]
These meatball subs reminded me again why smoked paprika is such a great ingredient. It can elevate something as simple as ground pork into a smoky, savory bite of heaven. Particularly if you like the flavor of smoked foods (I do). We loved these subs. Loved them. I usually gravitate towards a plant-based diet, but [...]
Back when there was still an Oakville Grocery at Stanford Shopping Center, I’d always stop in when I was in the area to pick up a polenta cookie. Heavy and round, buttery but not too sweet and slightly crunchy from the cornmeal, Larry and I would share the cookie bite by bite over the next [...]
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