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Ingredient of the Week: Melons
The ingredient of the week at La Domestique is the melon. Melon season is in full swing here in Colorado. Our warm, sunny climate is well-suited to cultivating several types of melons. Local farmers are growing heirloom melons and I encourage you to explore them all. You may find a new favorite!...
Sunday Series: Gathering, It’s the little things
Last week I met a good friend for lunch at Arabesque in Boulder. This lovely little cafe on the corner of Walnut and 17th street is full of light and life. Middle Eastern inspired food is served for breakfast and lunch. Everything is made from scratch, and their homemade pitas are fresh from the...
This Past Week at La Domestique: Salt
This past week at La Domestique was devoted to salt. Summer is the time of year when salt plays a starring role by enhancing the flavors of fresh vegetables. We delved into artisanal salts and learned how to "salt to taste." Recipes featured this week highlighted salts ability to elevate the...
Tomato & Grilled Corn Salad with Smoked Salt
Summer is slipping away. Can you feel it? The days are getting shorter. The nights are getting cooler. If I stop to really look at my garden, I can see it's peaking. Squash are desperately reproducing while their giant green leaves wither away. Tomatoes hang heavy on the vine. Farmers market...
Storyboard: Salt
Salt Many of us see salt as a common pantry ingredient, a necessity. We don't think about it too much. We're not aware of how salt is produced or who works hard all day to make sure this product is available for our dinner table. We're not too concerned with working conditions or how salt...
Gray Sea Salt & Grilled Lamb
The Food I have something really special to share with you today! It's a recipe, and it has changed my world a little bit. Let's start at the beginning, shall we? I sat down at my desk to brainstorm a recipe that features salt as a very important ingredient. This was tough. Writing about salt is...
10 Ways Tuesday: Salt
I've got creative ways for cooking with salt during summer: 1. Salsa & Chutney In Think Like a Chef, Tom Colicchio writes that salt " interacts with flavors of ingredients and your taste buds, "waking" up everything along the way. This is especially noticeable in a dish that is both...
Ingredient of the Week: Salt
http://www.vimeo.com/27700923 Salt is considered the most essential pantry ingredient used year-round in cooking. However, I think this ingredient truly shines during summer. Take a look at the video above announcing salt as the ingredient of the week. I'm excited to cook in the moment with you,...
Sunday Series: Gathering, A table for two
A Table for Two Gathering can be lively and stimulating, like a group of friends engaged in passionate conversation. . . but sometimes it's nice to share a moment of quiet at a table for two. You don't have to slave over a multi-course meal for the gathering to be special. Last night the...
This Past Week at La Domestique: Clams
This past week at La Domestique was devoted to clams. Nothing beats fresh, sustainable seafood in the heat of summer. Clams combine beautifully with the produce in season right now: corn, chiles, tomatoes, fennel, etc. The recipes featured were summer cooking at its best- quick, simple, with...