Try this simple sandwich, which is as good-tasting as it is simple to make. As gardens burst with the most delectable of produce, this is just one of many fabulous dishes that can be had with a minimum of effort.
Tomato-feta-basil sandwich
For each sandwich:
2 slices excellent bread (I used WheatFields‘ Country French bread)
1 ounce (approximately) feta, [...]
Tags:sandwiches·summer produce·tomatoes
And today we present the promised recipe with chicken thighs (and no backbone). It’s based on the Coriander and Mustard Seed Chicken recipe in Gourmet magazine, which I got in a very slightly modified version in the Gourmet Cookbook. Here’s my version:
Coriander and mustard seed chicken thighs
4 chicken thighs
Salt [...]
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I remember reading an interview with Ruth Reichl in which she expressed shock that people changed recipes that they got from Gourmet magazine, seeing as Gourmet personnel had tested and revised their recipes until they were the best they could be.
I was shocked that she was shocked. (And Ruth, if it wasn’t you, I apologize.) [...]
Tags:green beans·recipes·squash·summer produce
It’s been a great week for news about local and sustainable food. Hooray for summer!
It’s farmers market week. Really, every week is farmers market week around here, April to November (give or take), but markets get a national nod this week. Rah! (K-State news)
Blue-ribbon recipes. Try the prize-winning baking from the Douglas County Fair. (LJ [...]
Tags:Farmers markets·local food
This post is for the edification of wannabe canners and for the amusement of those of you who have been pickling, canning and generally “putting up” for years.
No, I am not a canner. I am, however, foolish. Despite my awareness of the endless rules that accompany canning, I nevertheless subconsciously bought into the many professions [...]
Tags:canning·cucumbers·food preservation·pickles·recipes
If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn’t have undertaken this exercise in freezing apples. But this is how we learn, right? It started because I wasn’t of a mind to turn on the oven, so I decided to prep half my apples, freeze them and turn them into pie at some [...]