It has been a very busy month, with a lot of work for me to get through. Which has led me to using my slow cooker (Crock-Pot SCV401TR 4-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker, Red) more in the past few weeks than I think it has in its whole time of being in my house.... Flipping… Continue reading Slow-Cooker Vegetable Chili
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Book Review: Rosehips on the Kitchen Table
Wether you choose to forage (which I love doing on trails and in town) or you find oddities at a local farmers market,Rosehips on the Kitchen Table is a wonderful and very pretty cookbook. While it is a British book, it covers nearly everything one can find in many parts of the Unites States. I… Continue reading Book Review: Rosehips on the Kitchen Table
Spicy Pickled Cukes & Radishes
Prior to working for a Thai importer (the job that seriously kick started my love of food) I had never tried a vinegar cucumber salad, the most lovely of all salads....sweet/spicy/heat/crunchy. From my first bite I was hooked. In all its variations, I could eat a bowl of it every week. Now then...Kirk seriously doesn't… Continue reading Spicy Pickled Cukes & Radishes
Twice Corn Grits
Grits were something I didn't try until in the last decade. My opinion of corn-anything was colored by some really bad memories of childhood. My Mom made cornmeal mush in similar fashion to how she made oatmeal: lumpy and severely bland. So my reasoning was pretty straight forward: Why would I possibly want to try… Continue reading Twice Corn Grits