It’s beet time again, and I say hooray. I love beets. This year’s beet recipe is a joy due to its versatility and simplicity. But first, a look at the beauteous root (partially peeled): How could anyone not want to eat something so beautiful? Anyway, this recipe is based on one in How to Cook [...]
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Sweet potatoes, goat cheese marry nicely
May 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · recipes
What do you do with one giant baked sweet potato? I suppose the options depend on how much you’re willing to push the boundaries of what is considered “normal” in American cooking. My giant sweet potato (which I baked while baking bread) might have been enough for Sweet Potato Pie. (The recipe at Simply Recipes [...]
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Lazy, patient baker gets delicious loaf
April 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
When it comes to bread-baking, many paths seem to lead to the same destination. Some of those paths might leave you a little off-target, but with flour, water and yeast, you’ll wind up with something like bread in the end. Through my own efforts, your comments and the words of assorted experts, in fact, I’m [...]
Cherry cobbler makes easy alternative to pie
April 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Environment, Food selection, local food, recipes
Sometimes (often!), easier is better when it comes to cooking and baking. Such was the case when I finally decided to pull the frozen cherries out of the freezer. At first, I thought I’d make a pie, since I’m a pie lover and couldn’t seem to find other cherry recipes that inspired me. Clafouti, which [...]
Bierochs provide change of pace, taste of tradition
March 16th, 2009 · No Comments · recipes
What do you do with ground beef when you don’t want hamburgers, meatballs, meatloaf or tacos? I suppose you could make shepherd’s pie or some such. I instead made bierochs (also spelled bierocks). This traditional food—a bun stuffed with a beef-onion-cabbage mixture—is familiar in rural Kansas, especially those settled by Volga Germans, according to some [...]
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Fiber artist creative in the kitchen too
March 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books, recipes
Some people just seem to ooze creativity, and my online friend Joanne Seiff is one of them. Besides being an accomplished cook, she’s also a writer, blogger, knitter, spinner, knitwear designer and cook, and now she can add “author” to her titles. In her new book, Fiber Gathering, she blends her many talents. She writes [...]
