First off, I apologize for not having blogged in like two months. I'm the worst. We've been suddenly very busy, doing pop-up dinners for a local inn and running our Airbnb, which is finally up! (Come stay with us!) Most of our cooking at home is trying out new stuff for guests, … [Read more...] about Filled Cherry Tomatoes
Too Many Cookbooks
Rhubarb Syrup
Book 19 in our cook-through project is The Hands-On Home by Erica Strauss. As the subtitle, “A Seasonal Guide to Cooking, Preserving & Natural Homekeeping,” suggests, the book is a seasonally organized collection of recipes for foods and preserves and formulas for homemade … [Read more...] about Rhubarb Syrup
Quail Stuffed with Wild Rice, Water Chestnuts, and Apple with Apple Cider Vinegar Emulsion
About a month ago, Kate and I took a fantastic open hearth cooking class at Historic Deerfield in Massachusetts, and, since then, we’ve been working on getting set up to do open hearth cooking at home. You’ll be hearing more about this in the future as our experiments progress. … [Read more...] about Quail Stuffed with Wild Rice, Water Chestnuts, and Apple with Apple Cider Vinegar Emulsion
Shoulder of Spring Lamb with Flageolet Beans and Olive Relish
Another day, another book that I'm embarrassed not to have cooked from. Maybe it's because menu books can be a little intimidating. I always feel that if I don't do a whole menu, I'm failing. But things being what they are, there wasn't a complete menu that we could realistically … [Read more...] about Shoulder of Spring Lamb with Flageolet Beans and Olive Relish
Shoulder of Spring Lamb with Flageolet Beans and Olive Relish
Another day, another book that I'm embarrassed not to have cooked from. Maybe it's because menu books can be a little intimidating. I always feel that if I don't do a whole menu, I'm failing. But things being what they are, there wasn't a complete menu that we could realistically … [Read more...] about Shoulder of Spring Lamb with Flageolet Beans and Olive Relish