Kale Malfatti with Brown Butter & Pumpkin

Kale Malfatti with Brown Butter and Pumpkin from Chef Jenn Louis' next cookbook, Book of Greens. The Book of Greens from Portland Chef Jenn Louis comes out in April, but I’m not going to be able to wait that long to talk about the kale malfatti with brown butter and pumpkin.By then, we’ll be at the very…

January 10, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

Digging into Persian Food with Taste of Persia

One of the things I'm going to do with DailyWaffle is tackle some cuisines and dishes I haven't really cooked at home, starting with Persian food. I'm planning to do injera, the Ethiopian flatbread made with teff flour; Beef Wellington, although the idea of screwing up a gorgeous piece of beef tenderloin is scary; and…

January 7, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

Too Late by C.Hoover | Book Review

It’s not often I get to say, one of the main characters is a delusional, megalomaniac sh-tstain and you should really read this book. But that’s the deal with Too Late by C. Hoover. Fair warning, this is not Colleen Hoover’s usual MO. This book is dark and graphic — drugs, mental illness, abuse, murder…

January 4, 20170Comments

Main Course Recipes

Red Lentils and Rice with Yogurt, Preserved Lemon and Pomegranate

I'm beginning to think I should call my husband the Grad School Gourmet. For a poor grad student back East, he ate pretty surprisingly well. Instead of packets of instant noodles, he'd buy giant bags of beans and rice to get by. He usually ate these lentils and rice with a little fresh tomato on…

December 20, 20160Comments

Main Course Recipes

Quinoa Black Bean Burgers

With 12 days to go until Christmas, there's no sign of the treat train letting up. It's one of the benefits to working from home, no break room donuts or cookies or cake to tempt you. Of course, when you yourself go to See's Candy to pick up a few pieces, because it's Christmastime and…

December 14, 20160Comments

Baking Dessert Recipes

Nantucket Cranberry Pie – It’s Really a Cake

During the holidays, Trader Joe's is a minefield of treats, from Peppermint Joe Joe's to chocolate advent calendars to Jingle Jangle candy-pretzel mix. You almost have to put on blinders to avoid filling your basket. In the frozen section, I stumbled on Nantucket Cranberry Pie, which looked a bit like upside down cake (theirs had…

December 12, 20160Comments

Main Course Recipes

Spicy Dhal with Tomatoes and Swiss Chard

Man, what a grey old day we had. It's the Pacific Northwest, but man, the first one of the year, the day where it doesn't get light until after 7 a.m. and it's in the mid-40s, and it's stormy, it's just a slap upside the head. And I'm just done with turkey for now. I'm not hating…

December 1, 20160Comments

Book Reviews

Eight Flavors by Sarah Lohman

**ARC provided by the publisher for review. I may receive a commission if you purchase an item via links below.** Go look in your pantry and fridge and almost certainly you’ll find these eight items in your kitchen: black pepper, garlic, vanilla, chili powder, curry, soy sauce, sriracha, and MSG. They’ve been there so long, you probably…

November 21, 20160Comments

Beverages Entertaining Recipes

The A-/B+: Maple Cider Bourbon Smash

Sometimes a cocktail is born of what you have around. Last Sunday as we were settling in to an afternoon of football, I realized we were low on vodka, which put a damper on our Moscow Mule plans. I'm constantly looking for ways to learn to enjoy bourbon and this maple cider cocktail might just be…

November 18, 20160Comments

Appetizers Recipes

Party Snacks: Apple and Caramelized Onion Tartlets

It's been a bit of a whirlwind, hasn't it? Halloween, followed by the Election, and now all of a sudden it's time to start thinking about the holidays. Whether you've got a few friends stopping in for drinks, or a full blown holiday party on your agenda, I've got an appetizer you're gonna want to put…

November 14, 20161Comment

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Kale Malfatti with Brown Butter & Pumpkin

Digging into Persian Food with Taste of Persia

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Red Lentils and Rice with Yogurt, Preserved Lemon and Pomegranate

Quinoa Black Bean Burgers

Nantucket Cranberry Pie – It’s Really a Cake

Spicy Dhal with Tomatoes and Swiss Chard

Eight Flavors by Sarah Lohman

The A-/B+: Maple Cider Bourbon Smash

Party Snacks: Apple and Caramelized Onion Tartlets

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