This past week at La Domestique was all about cooking with apples. I visited a local apple orchard, and the difference in taste from supermarket apples was substantial. Freshly harvested apples are crisp and juicy, with a sweet, floral aroma and full, bright...
While searching for a savory apple dish to share with you, I came across a recipe for Chicken, Apples, and Cream à la Normande in Dorie Greenspan’s book, Around My French Table. The history of this dish is classically French. The Taste of France, by Robert...
Next to tomatoes, apples are a prime example of a fruit that has been bread out of flavor in the industrialized food system. It’s so important to support farmers who tend to apple orchards because they are guardians of unique heirlooms that would otherwise be...
Each week I contribute a column to “Whole Foods Market Cooking Boulder” expanding on one of the 10 Ways Tuesday ideas. This week I made homemade apple butter from Liana Krissoff’s Canning For a New Generation. Then, I used the apple butter to make...
I’ve got creative ideas for cooking with apples in autumn: 1. Apple and Walnut Cake I’m enchanted by the idea of Nigella Lawson’s Apple and Walnut Cake from How to be a Domestic Goddess. The combination of bitter walnut and sweet apple seems...
