I first heard about the concept of braising meat in milk when I read the book “Cooked” by Micheal Pollan. The book is divided into elements. There is a fire chapter (about barbecue), an air chapter (about bread baking and leavening), an earth chapter (about fermentation), and a water chapter (about boiling and braising). It’s one…
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Bento Box- Mochiko Chicken, Rice and Miso Slaw
I spent the second half of my childhood in Hawaii. There are certain local foods that I will never stop craving. I’ve figured out how to make a few of them. This Mochicko chicken recipe is pretty classic. The accompanying miso slaw recipe is my own invention. It’s more hippy food than local food, but…
Thai Coconut Chicken Soup/ Farmshare Cooking weeks 8 and 9
FARMSHARE COOKING WEEK 8 Lettuce, Beets and Cucumbers- Made into Salads Starring Beets Broccoli- Made into Curried Broccoli Soup with Cashew Cream Eggplant- Broiled with Miso Honey Sauce Plums- Made into Plum Chutney for Spicy Chickpea Pancakes Blueberries- Eaten on top of gluten-free whole grain cereal for breakfasts Peaches- Eaten with Gluten-Free Coconut Pancakes and…
Chinotto Braised Pork with Baby Turnips/ A Perfect Spring Dinner Party
Chinotto is an Italian cola that is flavoured with bitter orange. It is fairly common or Canada (or at least it was in Vancouver when I was a kid) and I was wild about it as a teenager. Here, in New York, it is only sold in specialty Italian shops. Two six packs of the…
Paprika Hendl/ Happy Halloween!
I am not that great at celebrating Halloween. Truthfully, I dress up every day…or at least every day that I go into public. Also, I earn my living making masks (and puppets) for and with small children. So it is hard for me to get especially worked up about Halloween. I usually end up cooking…
Duck Liver Pâté for a Friend
Recently, I received a windfall of duck livers. My friend Bethany got a new duck cookbook and had, over the last few months, cooked who knows how many ducks in who knows how many delicious ways. Bethany has been my neighbor while she attended medical school nearby, but I’ve known her since she was a teenager…
Andalusian Style Honey Lamb Stew
This is my attempt to recreate the best thing that I ate when I visited Seville. I travelled to Spain many years ago now and I do not know why it has taken me so long to attempt to figure out how to make this stew. Seville is in the front of my mind again…
Fake Tandoori Chicken
A while back I tried a recipe for buttermilk roast chicken. The recipe suggested that you allow the chicken to marinate in the buttermilk for 24 hours and the result was very tender. I had used a whole chicken cut into parts and I was surprised to discover that, when prepared this way, the breast…
Bresaola and Arugula Salad
When people have to give up gluten, they usually go through a lot of grieving over the loss of bread…good bread. I have to admit that bread was not that hard for me to give up. It had given me a tummy ache for my entire life, so I think even before giving up gluten…
Lamb, Fig and Eggplant Moussaka (Gluten-free or not)
I have had the pleasure of eating a lot of fresh figs as of late. I hope that you have too. If not, consider making this moussaka. My mum’s friend Keith grows figs and he told me recently that figs were good in moussaka. I tend to trust Keith since he was the first person…
Big Sis Little Dish 