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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: March 2010
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My current love affair is with a little bacteria called lactobacilli. He is everything you look for when seeking out love and especially when seeking out a love affair! He is wild, He is loyal and predictable, persistent, prolific, and easy to find. He is the lover that is found just about anywhere- especially on vegetables that grow close to the ground. And if you really want to get him excited add a little salt brine. That really gets his juices going. Cabbage, bunch of carrots and a daikon. Is nature'...
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: September 2008
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Tonight I literally took a few things and threw them together hoping it would be edible. Dice and sauté one onion, garlic clove, and jalapeno. Add summer squash coins. Add halved cherry tomatoes. Salt and pepper and at the end add two spoonfuls of fresh yogurt. I was a little bit leery but in the end it was great. Desert: more yogurt with nectarine and my friend john’s cherry jam that he made from cherries in his garden. Links to this post. Layer four: Goat cheese. Layer five: Fresh green zebra tomato.
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: May 2009
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Pizza starts with a good bed. I have found a good cheap bed that is perfect to lay all my veggies on: trader joes pre-made pizza dough. First, the price is right: $0.99 a bag and this is enough to make two pizzas (each pizza is enough for either one with left overs or plenty for two). Second, Trader Joes has three different varieties: plain, herb garlic, and whole wheat. Leek Garlic and Mushroom. Green Onion, garlic, Potato, Mushroom and Asparagus. Links to this post. My favorite way to prepare the crimi...
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: August 2008
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One problem: casualties. Riding a bike has its inconvienience, namely sometimes all my tomatoes get squashed a little in my messenger bag. First thing when I get home I have to do triage, separate the squashed maters from those that were saved. Then I have to think up quick ideas to use the squashed ones before they go bad. I decided to take today’s casualties and make a chilled Gazpacho and a salad with cherry tomatoes, avocado, and corn. Both were perfect! Cut four small tomatoes. Jalapeno, finely diced.
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: Farm Inspired Meals.
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As I write this I am sitting at Mountain View Farm in Purcellville. VA Right across the Shenadoah. River from Historic Harpers. Is run by Shawna And Attilla. And they come to the market I manage in DC- the 14&U Farmers Market. Through out the market season they bring in great naturally grown produce to my neighborhood in DC. Their farm is a part of an environmental center. It consists of 900 acres of wooded land and includes pasture and the market garden. As I am out here everything inspires me to cook.
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: April 2009
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Seduced By an Avocado. But soon enough the ripe avocados seduced me with their bumpy dark peel. After picking up a few I knew that they were perfectly ripe. Now my challenge was to plan my dinner around the avocado. I slowly started picking up various things. A lemon, a bunch of beets, a small bag of walnuts, and baby-boc-choi. 160;I knew I had some leftover blue cheese at home and some delicious green onions from the market. Links to this post. After a trip to the farmers market I had local portobe...
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: Celery Root & Apple Soup
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Celery Root and Apple Soup. I first had this soup a couple years ago at lunch during restaurant week at Zola Next to the spy museum in Washington DC. At the time the soup was so simple and delicious that I wanted to recreate it at home for myself. I have tweaked the recipe over the years but last night I think it was the best I have ever made. It is a light and simple soup that taste delicious! 2) Add stock: Vegetable or chicken. Raise heat to boil. 3) Simmer until vegetables start to fall apart. Lazy Da...
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: Preserving Autumn's Kentucky Gold
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Preserving Autumn's Kentucky Gold. There are several things that I associate with the coming of fall in Henderson: The steam rolling off of a huge burgoo pot, my grandparent’s foraging for pecans in their yard and green tomato ketchup. Though these days, you better watch yourself if you identify it as Mamaw’s recipe; Nana takes offense. According to her, she has made green tomato ketchup more than Mammaw. Her arthritic swollen hands have already washed cored and cut up about a half bushel of green tomato...
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: Farm sitting
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I am taking a winter vacation and going to farmsit at Mountain View Farm. Mountain view comes to the market I manage and grows great greens and produce. They also raise beautiful goats, chickens and have a pregnant heifer. I am looking forward to a week away from the city in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains. While on the farm I'll be feeding the animals, hiking, and cooking up lots of farm inspired meals. RIght now I am packing up some of my buys from the market this week:. Follow the Culinary J...
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Culinary Jigsaw Mystery: Lazy Day: Easy Soup: Delicious
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Lazy Day: Easy Soup: Delicious. I got home from work late last week and, honestly, my kitchen at best resembled foothills of mountains of dirty dishes. I was starving and didn't feel like mountaintop removal mining before eating. Simple was in order. I made a delicious potato leek soup roughly following Julia Child's recipe. I also sauteed some spicy italian sausage balls and dropped them in. This meal was so delicious and so simple and quick! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
