I make this soup every five years or so. Every time I make it, I am hit with a little bit of anxiety about half way through. I have the following little conversation with myself … Me: Is this really going to taste good? Me: I remember it tasting good last time. Me: But this flavour…
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Cold Cucumber Soup with Dill and Sesame
When I was little and I would go to stay with my biological father for the weekend, he would always give a long English cucumber. I was responsible for not loosing my cucumber or getting it too dirty to eat and also for feeding myself when I got hungry. It was a pretty ingenious idea…
Traveling Fools
I am not usually a big maker of puns but even I could not resist. I am going to give you a “recipe” for a strawberry rhubarb fool and my sister and I are traveling in Estonia right now…so traveling fool. Okay I’ll stop… Last week, I was attending a Nordic-Celtic-Baltic Folklorist’s conference at University…
Green Fritters with Herb Sauce
Hey, there may be a pause before our next post. My sister and I are traveling to Estonia for a month to do folklore research and generally reconnect with our roots. It might take us a minute or two to recover from travel and suss out exactly what is actually included in the “kitchenette” of…
Rio Zape Pot Beans with Collards and Roasted Garlic and Jalapeno
There are two stars in this simple dish…home made vegetable stock and Rio Zape Beans from Rancho Gordo. I have started using Silvi’s system for making experimental economical vegetable stock. It is amazing how much excellent soup stock you can get out of a week of vegetable scraps! Of course, I am not a vegetarian so…
Baby Turnip Fairytale- Turnip and Chicken Tagine with Green Olives and Preserved Lemon
I pride myself on loving strong flavours. I like gamey meat, fishy fish, aged cheese, spice, all things fermented and pickled, bitterness and sourness in my sweetness. So, I really want to love turnips. But I just don’t. I love radishes and parsnips, but I find turnips very difficult to deal with. They are very…turnip…
Naked and Imperfect Nettle and Wild Garlic Dumplings (Gluten-Free), Rocket and Radish Salad with Walnut Vinaigrette
I ate nettles for the first time when were traveling in Bulgaria eight years ago. There they are served sauteed with poached eggs, rolled with farmers cheese in balls studded with walnuts or made into soups and fritters. The food in Bulgaria was really excellent. This may have changed since they joined the European Union,…
Flower and Pheasant Egg Salad
My sister Silvi has been visiting me in New York City. Usually when she comes to visit, I work her to exhaustion helping me build puppets for some show or another and then tearfully beg her to extend her trip another month. This is the first time that she has come to see me just…
Curry Chicken Noodle Soup with Pickled Mustard (to sooth seasonal allergies)
I have been suffering from allergies due to our early gorgeous Spring. If you are in the same boat, I suggest making yourself this soup to sooth your scratchy throat. It is loosely based on Khao Soi which is from Chiang Mai in the Northern part of Thailand. Someday I would like to go there….
Spicy Beet Salad with Horseradish
I used to go to the Anyway Cafe in the East Village. I liked to order shots of honey ginger infused vodka, wild mushroom pelmeni and their amazing beet salad. We are all familiar with the standard restaurant beet salad…roasted beets, goat cheese, some sort of toasted nut or another. I often make variations on…
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