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Pine Nuts

By Eliot, on July 11th, 2010%

Basic Pesto Recipe . . . → Read More: Pine Nuts

Caciocavera

By Eliot, on July 9th, 2010%

Caprese Eggplant Bake Recipe . . . → Read More: Caciocavera

Grandmother’s Ice Cream

By Eliot, on July 4th, 2010%

I have a small ice cream maker, the kind that has the frozen bowl. It works really well and makes creating new gelatos, sherbets and ice cream super easy.

My grandmother had a large, hidously loud ice cream maker. I remember her making this ice cream, packing the ice around the container, adding freezer salt, . . . → Read More: Grandmother’s Ice Cream

Grandma–again with the mashed potatoes?

By Eliot, on July 1st, 2010%

I was perusing through the family recipe book (compiled from all the recipe cards, newspaper clippings, and envelopes with scribbled recipes that we found stashed away in her house), and I came across her “Everlasting Bread Recipe.” Again, just like in her potato salad recipe, she used leftover mashed potatoes. You might think the family . . . → Read More: Grandma–again with the mashed potatoes?

Gelato with New Mexico Strawberries

By Eliot, on June 29th, 2010%

Since I was lucky enough to buy fresh strawberries at the Dixon Farmers’ Market, I tried another new strawberry gelato recipe. I think this recipe will serve as my base for gelato from now on. I took the Pomegranate/Green Tea recipe (see June 11’s post) and just added the pureed strawberries. It was quite good, . . . → Read More: Gelato with New Mexico Strawberries

Cake Show Pound Cake

By Eliot, on June 25th, 2010%

As I believe I have mentioned before, it is my mother who first got me started in competitive cooking.

At the age of nine, I found myself old enough to join 4-H, which meant that besides making the obligatory triangular fringed poncho for a sewing project, I could now enter the Cake Show.

Mom always . . . → Read More: Cake Show Pound Cake

Grandma’s Mashed Potatoes

By Eliot, on June 23rd, 2010%

One of my grandmothers did make potato salad out of leftover mashed potatoes, but my other grandmother had the making of mashed potatoes down to an art. I remember them being so creamy that they almost poured off the spoon, full of butter, cream and lots of pepper. There was no making potato salad out . . . → Read More: Grandma’s Mashed Potatoes

Potato Salad and You

By Eliot, on June 22nd, 2010%

I just started reading Molly Wizenberg’s A Homemade Life. (I find myself only reading foodie books now—in fact I just got Anthony Bourdain’s new one, Jay Rayner’s The Man Who Ate the World, and my very own copy of Reichl’s Garlic and Sapphires delivered to my door. Thanks, Amazon! )

In one of Wizenberg’s chapters, . . . → Read More: Potato Salad and You

The squash is going nuts!

By Eliot, on June 18th, 2010%

Vegetarian Meal: Squash Fajitas with Goat Cheese . . . → Read More: The squash is going nuts!

And I am still using carrots…

By Eliot, on June 17th, 2010%

I blanched as much as I could and sliced until I got a little dangerous. (See previous “Carrot” post.) After I put about 8 quarts in the freezer (plus the dilled carrots), I just threw what was left in the fridge. I just grated enough for this recipe (4 cups) and I still have some . . . → Read More: And I am still using carrots…

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