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It started, innocently enough, when our regular CSA (Eating With the Seasons) offered some grass-fed beef. The results were extraordinary and we kept an eye out for future offerings. Then they mentioned that Morris Grassfed Beef was offering “split halves”. That’s half a side of beef, delivered all at once or in 4 equal [...] The cooler summer weather means we’re getting stone fruit far later in the season than usual. The peaches are more tart than sweet, but the nectarines have been perfect! It was time to show them some love. I had an abundance of nectarines, and with Witchlets in the Woods coming up (where I [...] When Ambar brought home a Zucchini plant from the nursery (“we’re only planting one this year”), it turned out to be three plants all intertwined. So, we’re getting about a zucchini a day. I’ve been sautéing it, adding it to frittata, and baking it but it’s still the green Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Then I ran [...] It started with an email from Ambar: I vote Balela for dinner
So I pulled out a can each of cooked chickpeas and black beans, dumping them into a colander and rinsing first; minced a quarter of a red onion, three cloves of garlic, and some parsley; cut up a tomato; and [...] We interrupt your regularly scheduled salads to bring you a bit of food science. The Maillard reaction is the one of the ways foods turn brown when you roast them (along with caramelization.) Oh, as in roasted garlic (done in a hot, dry pan)… …or when you let Zucchini sauté until brown spots appear [...] Two interesting posts on growing potatoes in pots, ideal for urban gardening: Growing potatoes for Manresa, a simply stunning restaurant: Planting Potatoes in Pots Urban homesteading: Patio potato farming I think we’re going to give it a shot. Ambar says my ancestors want me to grow potatoes and who’s going to argue with the [...] I buy most of my seafood from local fishermen and a local shellfish farm. I’ve tried to buy domestic shrimp when possible (due to an allergy to a common preservative in imported shrimp), but this article shows how challenging that is: Today, if you live more than a hundred miles from the Gulf Coast, [...] I’ve been known to use Splenda (an artificial sweetener) in cooking for diabetic friends and those following an Atkins-like diet. Now, research done by a high school student in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search shows that Splenda isn’t broken down by most water treatment methods and thus raises questions of whether this could [...] <img src="http://magical-eating.com/files/2009/03/kale-soup.jpg" alt="Kale soup.JPG" border="0" width="451" height="300" /Kale soup and sourdough Soup was one of the first things mom taught me to make — a few aromatics, some stock, tomato juice, and possibly some meat and/or pasta. 40-some years later, it’s a favorite in this household. When Ambar came home with some kale, suggested [...] |
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