Archive for the Vegetables Category
Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Relish, Side Dish, Vegetables
Astute readers will notice that this recipe for Mediterranean Marinated Mushrooms was briefly posted a couple of weeks ago. Turns out this is not a good candidate for shelf-stable canning. Thankfully Eugenia Bone, author of Well Preserved and Mycophilia, hence an expert on the topic twice over, helps me from offering canning recipes that have [...]
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East Hampton, Sauces, Side Dish, Vegetables
While many culinary pundits decry the demise of seasonal eating, there do remain bright spots on the calendar. White asparagus's limited-run each spring reminds us there still exist delicacies that haven't been enslaved by global agri-business. So let's get going while the going is good. Some might find paring white asparagus with green a bit [...]
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ALL RECIPES, Vegetables
There's plenty we Micks can be proud of: James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde, the Ballymaloe Cooking School, JFK and the history of How the Irish Saved Civilization. With March 17th just around the corner now's a good time to remember the wit of the Irish as well in the form of this great St. Patrick's Day recipe. Over at [...]
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ALL RECIPES, Side Dish, Simply Spectacularly Delicious (SSD), Vegetables
Another Simply Spectaculary Delicious (SSD) recipe technique is a prefect late-summer side dish. The chilly nights of September remind us the glory days of the herb jardiniere are nearing their end. Summer 2011 was a particularly robust planting and now there's a last dash to employ as many of these flavorful leaves while the getting's good. Revisiting Lorenza de Medici's Bay [...]
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ALL RECIPES, Appetizers, Main Dishes, Vegetables
Well it's been quite a summer in the kitchen, a strong run of well-received successes. Not that I'd post the losers, so thankfully only one or two disappointments occurred. Spec D's commitment to superlative dishes regardless of the effort, expense, obscurity or complexity marches on. However, from time to time other smaller inconveniences occured. Like here with this Tarte a l'Oignon, which I'd intended to [...]
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ALL RECIPES, Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Relish, Vegetables
As summer hastens to a close the pressure is on to squirrel away as much of the local abundance as possible. We've really been grooving on these freshly dug, radiant rainbow carrots. Slowly roasted in butter is our current preparation of choice but knowing they're soon to disappear we put up a big batch with this Sweet and Sour Rainbow Carrot [...]
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