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choke, artichoke: August 2014

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A blog about food, fermentation, cooking and some amateur gardening. Canelés, attempt nº 3. It's been a while since I made canelés. Used Paula Wolfert's recipe. Using a vanilla bean in place of extract, AP flour in lieu of cake flour, and brandy instead of rum (didn't have any rum! The batter (2 c milk, 2 tbsp butter, ¾ c AP flour, pinch of salt, 1 c minus 2 tbsp sugar, 4 egg yolks, 1 tbsp brandy [or rum], 1 split vanilla bean) also sits overnight as to settle and be (almost entirely) free of bubbles.

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Sarah Kita in Japan: January 2007

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Sarah Kita in Japan. Thoughts, observations, ramblings. Thursday, January 25, 2007. Is an enzyme which can prevent bloodclotting. I'm sure that these health benefits add to its addictive properties. Speaking to a fellow natto-addict last week we remarked that there seemed to have been a run on the natto at our local Nara and Osaka supermarkets. The natto section was bare, save for a lone pack of pre-chopped spreadable beans (blergh). What's going on we cried? Has there been a soybean blight? 6 Cut half a...

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HC goes East: Januar 2008

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Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2008. I got in the plane at Haneda airport, which is built on reclaimed land and reached via Tokyo Monorail. After having checked in my luggage (it's enough to be there 20min in advance) it took 2,5 hours to reach Naha airport on Okinawa, where i was welcomed by rather high temperatures and humidity. From the rather run down Shinko (New Port) in Naha, it takes 8h by ferry to get to Miyako. I slept well and didnt get sick. Sonntag, 27. Januar 2008. Last days in megalopolis! Donnerst...

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choke, artichoke: thanksgiving

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A blog about food, fermentation, cooking and some amateur gardening. Cranberry-Walnut Bread — Pumpkin Pie — Parsnip — Apple Pie. Thanksgiving happened — and at my house for the first time. Went with lots of traditions: apple pie (American as. right? Turkey (fresh from Wendell. Mass), mashed Hubbard squash, mashed turnips. I brined the Turkey overnight with bay, ginger, peppercorns an. The pumpkin pie was ha. D sugar pumpkin-half kabocha. Otherwise it's a Tartine. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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choke, artichoke: mincemeat!

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A blog about food, fermentation, cooking and some amateur gardening. I've wanted to make a real mincemeat, and then Dan Lepard, the fantastic baker and food writer at the Guardian. Here's the boozy mix of currants, sultanas, prunes, raisins, apples and spices — it sat for a month, being mixed once and topped with booze a hanfdul of times (I used, at varying times, bourbon, brandy, or rum). Here it is mixed again and topped off with a bit of rum, in my favorite crust (Tartine's recipe). 18th c. cuisine.

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choke, artichoke: Pining for a coast?

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A blog about food, fermentation, cooking and some amateur gardening. Pining for a coast? I've been eating less seafood in Chicago than I might have eaten back in Massachusetts — I know that much food travels way too far either way — but some fish (sardines, mackerel) really don't travel. And then I realized that we can get decent mussels. I made a basic egg pasta recipe ⅓ all purpose flour, ⅔ semolina. Garnished with salt, pepper, and parsley, it's simple, quick, easy, and delicious. Pining for a coast?

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choke, artichoke: rye waffles with orange flower water

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A blog about food, fermentation, cooking and some amateur gardening. Rye waffles with orange flower water. These waffles are half-rye, half whole wheat, with a dash of orange flower water. They are fantastic with yogurt, mandarin orange segments and pomegranate seeds. 1½ c. yogurt (you can use buttermilk as well). 8531; c. oil. 1 tsp vanilla extract. 2 tsp orange flower water. 1 c rye flour. 1 c whole wheat flour. 1 tsp baking power. 189; tsp baking soda. 188; tsp. salt. Labels: orange flower water.

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choke, artichoke: something bright for a cold january

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A blog about food, fermentation, cooking and some amateur gardening. Something bright for a cold january. This is a really simple salad form the Ottolenghi. Cookbook — I've been making this salad with English cucumbers (pictured here but those small Mexican cucumbers are even better), poppy seeds, Fresno peppers, salt, sugar, rice vinegar, and sunflower oil. It was fantastic paired with the Korean tacos. Made me last weekend, and it's fantastic with a simple sandwich on rye. View my complete profile.

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choke, artichoke: canelés, attempt nº 3

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A blog about food, fermentation, cooking and some amateur gardening. Canelés, attempt nº 3. It's been a while since I made canelés. Used Paula Wolfert's recipe. Using a vanilla bean in place of extract, AP flour in lieu of cake flour, and brandy instead of rum (didn't have any rum! The batter (2 c milk, 2 tbsp butter, ¾ c AP flour, pinch of salt, 1 c minus 2 tbsp sugar, 4 egg yolks, 1 tbsp brandy [or rum], 1 split vanilla bean) also sits overnight as to settle and be (almost entirely) free of bubbles.