I don’t bake a lot. Baking is much more precise than cooking and therefore I feel like I’m a little too controlled. With that said, I’ve learned a some things to help make the process a bit less exact while keeping an eye toward better health. You can swap out puréed fruit for some (never…
Category: Food
Skillet Rustic. Urban. Food.
This post is part of my Local Foods Week series. Local Foods Week is an 9-day celebration of the fantastic experience that is locally-focused eating in Columbus, Ohio. ———————————————————- I had the great fortune of sharing breakfast this past Sunday with my cousin. We took the opportunity to kick off Local Foods Week at Skillet just southeast…
Stuffed Poblanos with Goat Cheese Sauce
As part of the celebration of Local Foods Week, I’d like to share a recipe that quickly became a favorite in our household. Last weekend, we bought poblanos at the Olde Worthington Farmers’ Market. After falling in love with chile rellenos on vacation out West this summer I’d been wondering if I could make something just…
Local Foods Week
Once again, Columbus is celebrating Local Foods Week! This year is the 4th annual celebration of the great bounty we enjoy from our own back yards. Columbus is a foodie town, that’s been well established. Publications including the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and others have all published articles giving Columbus its credit for the outstanding gustatory…
Summer Patio Dinner: Sweet Corn Salad w/ Venison Burgers
Burgers and sweet corn–what says summer more than those two? We had the great fortune of sharing a dinner on the patio with two great friends, Chuck & Tara, who happen to be outstanding home cooks. Tara’s dad procured some venison with his superb hunting skills and local farmers provided most of the produce…
That Food Truck
Last week, we hit up a new food truck and I found it excellent enough that I feel the need to share–for a few specific reasons. The food… of course, this is usually the reason we recommend places. The sourcing… Local, almost all of it! The bravery… both owners left jobs in established industries to…
Socca
This is a recipe I discovered a little over a year ago through Twitter–and it’s made an appearance multiple times in my kitchen since then. There aren’t many recipes that are so simple, contain so few ingredients yet pack as much flavor and satisfaction as this. The recipe was published in the NY Times and…
Western Inspiration
While on our recent 9-day excursion in the West, I discovered I have a deep love for chile rellenos. It really shouldn’t have come as a surprise to me. I mean, I love cheese, I love spicy things and everyone loves something fried now and then. It never once occurred to me to order one…
Saskatoon Jam
Okay, okay, it’s jam season and you’re probably sick of hearing about it already with all of the strawberry jam posts. I’ll be brief on this one. When we first bought our house, we had no idea what a gem we had in the courtyard patio. It wasn’t until a dear friend was over for…
Variations on a Classic
So yeah, we made lots of jam this weekend. 21 lbs of strawberries yielded twice that number of pint jars–in addition to several other strawberry items. More on that later… What the heck would a person do with 42 jars of jam, you ask? Well, we’re still working that one out, but my impulsiveness…
Strawbeastie Jam!
Strawberries… lovely strawberries. I grew up making strawberry jam every summer with mom. It’s what taught me how to preserve–and how to avoid getting burned in the kitchen! Every June, we used to pile into the van, load up with sunscreen and be sent out into the fields like little workers. I remember eating a…
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