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Ingredient of the Week: Butter
This week we take a look at the workhorse of the pantry: butter. For many, butter is a daily staple and plays a part in almost every meal. Olive oil is just fine, but there are situations where only butter will do. I don't consider myself having a sweet tooth, but rather a taste for butter flavor....
Friday: Happy Hour
Occasion Celebrate the cocktail hour on a lovely spring afternoon Menu St. Germain Signature Cocktail Crab & Smoked Salmon Terrine The inspiration for my happy hour menu was a recipe for "Crab & Smoked Salmon Terrine" from Stéphane Reynaud's book, Terrine. I love the concept of a terrine:...
Storyboard: Smoked Salmon
Salmon Salmon spend most of their lives in the sea, but are born in fresh water and return to the cold streams to lay their eggs and then die. Both the northern Pacific oceans of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon and the Atlantic Ocean are habitats of Salmon. For information on wild caught and farm...
Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad
Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad Serve with a delicate salad of spring greens and an easy to peel tangerine This recipe is inspired by “Salmon Roe, Smoked Salmon, & Pasta Salad” from the Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza & Calzone cookbook. My recipe is intended as an awesome gourmet lunchbox to break up...
10 Ways Tuesdays: Smoked Salmon
You may already have several ways to prepare smoked salmon in your repertoire. It seems every cookbook has a recipe for blini with smoked salmon and the image of afternoon tea includes the ubiquitous smoked salmon and cucumber tea sandwich. Let’s see smoked salmon in a new way. Today I’m looking...
Ingredient of the Week: Smoked Salmon
Some people, like me, love the flavor of smoke in food. It’s a primal thing: fire, mystery, and umami. Smoking enhances color as well as flavor: for example, the vibrant red-orange color of our ingredient of the week, smoked salmon. Many of smoked salmon’s friends are spring flavors: crème...
Alfresco Friday
Occasion The first picnic of the year on a cool and cloudy early spring day. Menu Homemade pain de mie Morel & Gruyère Tart Mead, Honey Wine Theme Song Color Story Quiche is the intuitive cook’s secret weapon. It’s perfect for cooking in the moment, as you need very few ingredients that are...
Storyboard: Morels
The Morel Genus Morchella, Season Spring This elusive mushroom is found in diverse habitats: woodlands, especially those affected by forest fire urban ares: hiding in plain sight along sidewalks, haunting abandoned railroads. Morels appear after a spring rain, and disappear just as...
Spring Recipe
Spring Soup with Dried Morels Serve alongside slices of ham and warm, crusty buttered bread This is a light and refreshing spring soup which depends on a high quality homemade broth for its flavor. If the broth is the star, store bought chicken stock will result in a disappointing soup. ...
10 Ways Tuesdays: Morels
Now that you and the morel have been introduced, it's time to get to know one another. Out in the world you will find many recipes for fresh morels, which I think is funny because most of us regular people do not have access to fresh morels. We do have access to dried morels, though. I believe...