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10 Ways Tuesday: Carrots
I've got 10 fresh ideas for cooking with carrots in summer: 1. Pickled The book, Canning for a New Generation is my latest love. It's modern, creative, and full of worldly, powerful flavors. I don't want to make a monotone pickle from just vinegar, sugar, and a single ingredient. I want a...
Ingredient Of The Week : Carrot
http://vimeo.com/27131276 I'm cooking in the moment with carrots harvested from my community garden plot just outside of Boulder, Colorado. Take a look at this video announcing the ingredient of the week. The ubiquitous super-market carrot is a poor example of its kind. Did you know carrots come...
This Past Week at La Domestique: The Peach
This past week at La Domestique was devoted to the perfect peach. Here in Colorado peach season is in full swing. We explored both sweet and savory ways to cook with peaches. While there's nothing better than enjoying a peach just as it is, the tart sweet flavor and beautiful aroma of peaches is...
Peach Crepes
Today I've got something nice for you! It's a simple, straightforward recipe for Peach Crepes that's perfect for the heat of summer. No fancy techniques. No turning on the oven. Just a fantastic way to enjoy a perfectly ripe peach. When I decided to make peach crepes my mind was full of ideas on...
Storyboard: The Peach
An article in the August issue of Food & Wine Magazine uses peaches as a symbol for the history of Chez Panisse and Alice Waters' edible schoolyard project. Susan Choung writes that Alice Waters "believes a perfect peach can change the world." In Chez Panisse Fruits the chapter devoted to...
Grilled Lamb & Peach Kebabs
The sweet, floral, juicy peach is lovely on it's own, but combine it with savory flavors and the peach really shines. Grilled peaches are a popular summer treat. I thought it would be fun to skewer the peaches and grill them alongside lamb kebabs. The flavor of lamb from the U.S. is sweet and...
10 Ways Tuesday: Peaches
I've got 10 fresh ideas for cooking with summer: 1. BBQ Sauce I found a recipe for Smoked Prime Rib with Peach-Chipotle Sauce in the June/July 2011 issue of Saveur: BBQ Nation. Pitmaster Charles Grund of NYC restaurant Country Barbecue uses chunky peach preserves, chipotle, cayenne,...
Ingredient Of The Week : Peaches
http://www.vimeo.com/26547649 The season for summer peaches is here! Take a look at the video announcing peaches as the ingredient of the week. I've got tons of ideas for recipes both sweet and savory here at LaDomestique.com. You're invited to cook in the moment with me all week. I can't wait to...
This Past Week at La Domestique: Saffron
This past week at La Domestique was devoted to the exotic spice, saffron. We explored cuisines of Italy, France, Spain, India and Middle Eastern countries such as Morocco. We tried the classic pairing of saffron and seafood with a mussels dish, and even baked bread with saffron. Rather than making...
Saffron Bread Rolls
Here at LaDomestique.com, I'm wrapping up a week spent on saffron with Saffron Rolls from one of my favorite baking books- Dough: Simple Contemporary Bread. I have been a huge fan of Richard Bertinet, who wrote this book, for years. He's a French born baker/chef now living in England. Richard...