Harvesting the good life on the homestead
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Where Great Britain Meets the Barbary Coast Note: this was created in August 2018, and in January 2019 I have edited the recipe to make it even more yummilicious. Of all the complicated alliances between North Africa and Europe, this chicken dish and the movie Casablanca have to be the best…
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Breaded oysters on a slaw of lettuce, kiwi, green apple and avocado According to my friends at Wikipedia: “The word “oyster” is used as a Common name for a number of different families of saltwater Clam Bivalve Mollusc that live in Marine (ocean) or Brackish water habitats. In some species the valves are highly calcified, and many…
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Of all the crazy things I could have done for Super Bowl food this year, I ended up with sushi. The driving factor was that I had a small but pristine piece of salmon from Number 1 Son’s Alaska fishing job sitting in the fridge just begging to become gravlax or…
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Yes, I love The French Laundry Cookbook, but it is not my go-to tome for weeknight and special event dinners. What I seek out when needing reliable, tasty, appealing, healthy dishes is found in the following cookbooks. In reviewing these selections, I am struck by the fact that, with the exception…
I do confess that every time I make this it is different. It’s more of a freestyle recipe–using different cuts of meat/smoked hock, ham, etc.
Warning: emotional post about an old piano
Keep your hands to yourself in making this scrumptious creme fraiche.
Make this for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. Put an egg on it. You can’t go wrong.
Mr. Artifact pronounced this the best chili he had ever had. And guess what? No gas, no indigestion of any sort. Now that’s a worthy chili!
I bet you did not know that the most very delicious cut of lamb is actually the neck.
With a diet replete in small crustaceans, the halibut is the Kobe beef of the sea.
The best of all briny dishes, Risky Chicken traverses the globe with its combination of earthy roots, olives and preserved lemons.
