Whenever I find myself in front of the pastry case at Starbucks, I can’t fool myself into thinking that the blueberry muffin is going to be a good idea…even when it’s at the airport, I’m headed on vacation and letting myself eat what I want.
Michelle
If Americans have heard of Bill Granger, they’ve probably either been to his restaurants in Sydney (and now Japan, apparently) or possibly seen his show, “bills food” on the Cooking Channel (Sunday mornings, 9 a.m. ET -- plug plug!). Why Curtis whats-his-name is catching on Stateside and bill remains a secret, I can’t tell –…
There’s no meal that rice is excluded from at my house – breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, appetizer, entrée, dess--errrr-–no. I’ve never been a big fan of rice for dessert. I didn’t like Botan Rice Candy growing up, but its got its own Facebook page, so apparently a lot of people do (at least 1,955 as…
I love chocolate covered pretzels. Earlier this week Adam Roberts, the @amateurgourmet, retweeted @JustinChapple's Outrageous Pretzel Bars in Food and Wine magazine. Cookie layer + fudge layer+ pretzels = straight into my recipe file and off to the grocery to buy 2 bags of chocolate chips.
Three notes:
1. Even spreading is important for the layers. From…
After a beautiful sunny day yesterday, well, most of the day, Mother Nature is back to the same ol', same ol' in the Pacific Northwest. While other people are persevering and standing at their grills in their rain slickers, I gave in and made a stew. I started out thinking about making a daube, or…
Tofu, love it or hate it, is a blank canvas for flavor. I hear you snickering over there, "Blank canvas for flavor. That stuff is BLAND." On it own, plain, it is bland, no doubt. But maybe that's why Asian cultures have been dousing it for centuries in miso, soy sauce, ginger garlic sauce, red…
Years ago at Hop Kiln Winery we had a crockpot posole rojo with chicken that was a revelation with Marty's Big Red - a meritage that's now just called "Big Red." I later discovered posole is really meant to have pork, and should be made with dried chiles and dried hominy. So the whole thing…
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Grapefruit Margarita
Ingredients
Wedge of lime
2 teaspoons coarse margarita salt
14 ounces ruby red grapefruit juice, with pulp (about 3 medium grapefruits)
1 ounce lime juice
5 ounces reposado tequila
2 ounces triple sec
4 slices grapefruit or twists
Instructions
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1. Run a lime wedge…
Cumulus' Cracked Wheat and Freekeh Salad
One of our best meals on our trip to AUS/NZ last fall was at Cumulus in Melbourne. Sort of a shared plates concept, one of the dishes we had a was tabbouleh-like salad, with freekeh, bulghur, mint, parsley, almonds and barberries, garnished with dollops of creme fraiche. And it's…
Making pizza dough at home just requires a little planning. And this is the payoff.