I am a big fan of simple recipe that relies on the quality of the ingredients to do all the work. This is because I am a lazy bastard. We picked up some ripe, juicy tomatoes from the farmers’ market and simply diced them and dressed them with salt, vinegar and olive oil. We added […]
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I will be the first to admit that pickling radishes sounds a little weird. Zucchini is one thing, it at least looks like a cucumber. Radishes are a whole different story though; they’re small, weird and funky. I am game to try any dish once though, and luckily I had a small bag of radishes […]
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I am not sure if it is a good thing to see pickling get a big spread in the main stream media. This story in the LA Times does a great job of the basics behind pickling. I am all for bringing pickling to the masses by making it accessible. I get a little nervous […]
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If you like chocolate (who doesn’t?) and if you like peanut butter (ok, some people might not), then you’ll love these peanut butter chocolate bars! A friend made them for a 4th of July party, and everyone at the party asked for the recipe. So, now it my turn to share it with you. Peanut […]
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I picked up some Swiss chard at the farmers’ market last week without any real good idea of what to do with it. I guess I’m attracted to colorful, peculiar vegetables that I’ve never tried. Sometimes this is a good thing, other times it leads to disaster. Luckily for the chard, I found a great, […]
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As I hinted at in my last post on pickles, there are two kinds of pickles in the world–those that get their flavor from spice and those that get it from fermentation. The second type are known as sours, or brined, but some of the regular pickles you get from the store are fermented, too. […]
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While studying abroad in Cordoba, Spain, I fell in love with gazpacho…a light tomato soup made simply with tomatoes, bread, olive oil, vinegar and garlic. There are many different recipes for gazpacho out there; I got this one from a postcard I found at a little bodega in Spain. This recipe is the real deal…I […]
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Sugar plums are a kind of confection and a delicious variety of plums. I have never tried the confection, but this weekend we picked up a couple handfuls of the plums. They were so ripe, the felt like they were about to burst. Sugar plums are a lot smaller than normal plums and look like […]
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J.K. Adams 1430 Route 30, Dorset, VT Part of: Vermont 08 – Cheese & Tasty Things Tour After reading all of the recent posts it may seem like all that Vermont has is cheese. This is completely untrue. They actually have two things–the other is maple syrup. To make lots of maple syrup you need […]
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Grafton Village Cheese Shop 33 Townshend Road Grafton, VT 05146 800-472-3866 Daniel’s House Café 92 Main St Grafton, VT 05146 800-843-1801 Part of: Vermont 08 – Cheese & Tasty Things Tour Our visit a couple of years ago to Grafton Village Cheese Company is what really planted the seed in our minds for our ’08 […]
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