miso braised turnips

Holy crap, these are good.  I could eat the whole bowlful.  How in the world did turnips become the one dish at dinner that I can’t keep my mitts off of?  These humble-looking miso-braised turnips are like healthy little umami bombs.

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atlas gardening gloves

Does everybody know about these gloves?  They seem ubiquitous at garden centers around here, but I still want to profess my own personal fondness for them.  They are Atlas Nitrile Touch 370 gloves, and they’re head-and-shoulders above the baggy, crusty garden gloves I used to wear.

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Salted Butter Tart

June 14, 2013

Three of us ate this salted butter tart in one sitting.  That’s probably all you need to know.

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Fairview Farm Goat Dairy in Dallas, Oregon

June 12, 2013

What do you call goat ice cream?  Goat scream?  No, that’s been done.  Still, it seems like this product deserves its own special name. Despite my lack of a clever name for it, what you’re looking at is indeed goat ice cream from Fairview Farm Goat Dairy.

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Barley and Arugula Risotto

June 10, 2013

Summer is happening. Our CSA subscription began a couple of weeks ago, and never before have I been forced to stuff my giant produce bag to fill it with our share this early in the season.  As the farmer says, that’s what happens when you have two weeks of sun in May.

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The Bread Board Artisan Bakery in Falls City, Oregon

June 8, 2013

Falls City, Oregon is a strange little town.  The eponymous falls hold some charm (if you ignore the beer cans and sundry litter), as do the public stairways that connect the different levels of the hamlet, but honestly, the real reason to visit is for The Bread Board.  As their slogan proclaims, it is, “where [...]

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Savory Cheddar Apple Oatmeal Cookies

June 7, 2013

Here’s what’s happening on our kitchen counter right now:  there’s a lidded pyrex baking dish containing a few rhubarb muffins that I made with my mom.  Here’s what’s sad:  rather than rejoicing our lucky possession of said tasty muffins, I’ve walked by multiple times and felt a little leap in my heart, thinking, “Oh, I [...]

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Lemony Baked Ricotta

June 5, 2013

Wednesdays generally serve as my menu-planning days for the rest of the week and weekend.  I tend to grocery shop on Thursdays because we’re scraping the bottom of the fridge by then, so I think about my shopping list on Wednesdays, while I’m walking to and from work.  We usually have someone come over for [...]

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California Bibimbap

June 3, 2013

Straight from the pages of Sunset Magazine, here’s a winner for dinner in a hurry.  They call it California Bibimbap, and while I’m not sure that does justice to bibimbap or to this dish, I’ll go with it because that’s what you do when you’re making dinner in a hurry.  You don’t ask questions–you just [...]

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Chocolate Mont Blancs

June 1, 2013

We begin today with this:  I don’t want to know what you think this looks like, is reminiscent of, or what it brings to mind. Whew.  With that done, I bring you chocolate Mont Blancs.  If you’re looking for a fairly fussy but fun (how’s that for alliteration?) dessert project, stop now.  You found it.

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