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10 Ways Tuesday: Dried Fruit
I've got creative ways for cooking with dried fruit in winter: 1. Chutney In The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating, Fergus Henderson writes, "There is nothing finer, after having a good stock up your sleeve, than having a reserve of chutney." Chutney is an Indian condiment that the British have...
Ingredient of the Week: Dried Fruit
The ingredient of the week at la Domestique is dried fruit. Each December, as I prepare my pantry for winter, I enjoy stocking up on a myriad of dried fruits. Currants, raisins, and dried tart cherries are for scones, oatmeal cookies, and homemade granola. Figs are destined for baking cakes,...
This Past Week at La Domestique: Pomegranates
This past week at la Domestique we opened up the winter pantry with pomegranates. The gorgeous ruby color and Christmas ball shape of these ancient fruits make them perfect for the holiday season. Throughout the week we explored cooking with pomegranate seeds, juice, and pomegranate molasses. In...
Lebanese Flatbread with Lamb, Pomegranate Molasses & Winter Salad
I find myself turning to the cookbook Artichoke to Za'atar again and again for inspiration. Greg and Cindy Malouf have written a guide to "modern Middle Eastern food" organized alphabetically, by ingredient (no wonder I love it). William Meppem's photographs draw me in towards natural light-kissed...
Winter Tabbouleh
Each week I contribute an article to “Whole Foods Market Cooking Boulder” website expanding on one of the 10 Ways Tuesday ideas. Here is the original article for Winter Tabbouleh: This week at la Domestique I’m welcoming the holiday season with pomegranates, a festive fruit shaped just like a...
10 Ways Tuesday: Pomegranate
I've got creative ideas for cooking with pomegranates in Winter: 1. Dip According to the encyclopedic Starting with Ingredients, the Turkish dip, muhammara, is named for its color resemblance to red brick. Pomegranate molasses, red bell peppers, walnuts, and cumin come together in a zippy purée...
Ingredient of the Week: Pomegranate
Pomegranates have been around a long time. A native of the Middle East, the pomegranate was written about in the Old Testament of the bible. They are like the armadillo of fruits. On the outside, pomegranates are normal enough: blushing red globes that fit in the palm of your hand. However, their...
This Past Week at La Domestique
This past week at la Domestique I've been recovering from Thanksgiving and ramping up for the winter pantry to begin on Monday. Baking is my way of slowing life down and getting into the holiday spirit. Pictured above is a Martha Stewart recipe for Double-Crust Apple Pie I baked for Thanksgiving....
Beet Lasagna for One
Each week I contribute an article to “Whole Foods Market Cooking Boulder” website and this week I shared a recipe called Beet Lasagna for One, which appeared on la Domestique last summer. After all the marathon cooking associated with Thanksgiving I'm thinking an easy, comforting, single-serve...
Autumn Recipe Round-Up
I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving! I'm taking some time with family again this week, but plan to be back next week with the regular programming. Before changing over to the winter pantry, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at fall. Below you'll find a round-up of my favorite...