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Autumnal Walnut and Honey Soda Bread
I am so excited about this bread recipe I found in the River Cottage Bread Handbook! It's quick, easy, and perfect for fall. Walnut and Honey Bread is a soda bread recipe made with whole wheat flour. No yeast, no kneading, no waiting for dough to rise. Just throw the ingredients into a bowl, stir...
Storyboard: Honey
Honey is a viscous, sweet liquid made by bees from the nectar and pollen of flowers. It's usually named for the plant the pollen came from: orange blossom, buckwheat, clover, wildflower, alfalfa, heather, etc. Each of the hundreds of varieties of honey has it's own unique flavor- hints of citrus,...
Honey
Each week I contribute a column to “Whole Foods Market Cooking Boulder” expanding on one of my 10 Ways Tuesday ideas. This week I was inspired by a savory recipe for honey prune sauce found in the October issue of Food & Wine Magazine. Find my recipe for seared lamb chops with garlic and...
10 Ways Tuesday: Honey
I've got creative ideas for cooking with honey in autumn: 1. Goat Cheese with Honey I've written this often, the simplest things are the best. Give me beautiful ingredients, prepared straightforwardly, over a fancy multi-course meal any day. David Tanis' cooking epitomizes this way...
Ingredient Of The Week: Honey
Autumn is the time of year for harvesting honey. The bees have built up their stores for the winter, and we can enjoy the fruits of their labor. I find honey endlessly fascinating. Like wine, it has terroir, or a sense of place. The flavor of honey depends on what plants the bees have gathered...
This Past Week at La Domestique: Apples
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 flavor. Here at La Domestique we...
Chicken, Apples, and Cream à la Normande
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 Freson, describes Normandy, a region in...
Storyboard: Apples
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 extinct. Reading Jamie at Home, Cook...
Apples
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 hand pies. Just click on the icon below for the...
10 Ways Tuesday: Apples
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 perfect for autumn. Nigella suggests the cake is...