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Slow Cooker Kalua Pig

Slow Cooker Kalua Pig Makes 12-14 servings 5-6 pound pork butt roast 1 1/2 tablespoons Hawaiian sea salt (coarse sea salt) 1 1/2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring 1. Pierce the pork roast all over with the tip of a sharp knife. Place the roast in a large slow cooker and rub the salt all over […]

Lately I’ve been enticed by the beautiful beets at our farmer’s market. I got an especially beautiful bunch of beets during my last trip to buy produce at the market. The beets sat in my kitchen for several days calling to me to use them. I finally decided on turning them into a warm beet salad. I […]

Chef Hiro Sone’s Niku-Jaga

Memory is a powerful tool, especially when it comes to food. I recently got a cookbook called Cooking from the Heart, a book put together by the organization Share Our Strength. The book features recipes from one hundred of the country's well-known chefs. The book is wonderful. Usually I love cookbooks with lots of pictures–I […]

Val’s Kale & Chanterelle Pasta

My wonderful exchange with Jim Davey about Cornish pasties got me thinking about some other wonderful people I know. I gain so much inspiration from so many people in my life and since the food community is all about sharing in the collective experience, I thought it would be fun to start a new series […]

Daring to Attack Macs (again)!

In my last mac post I wrote, “I’ve learned that this is not the last time that macarons and I shall meet. I am determined to get this right.” Well, true to my word, I’m back with more macs! The Daring Bakers provided the impetus for my most recent mac escapade. The 2009 October […]

Fried Apples Recipe

I love apple season because apple season means apple cider, fresh apple sauce, apple curry, and apple desserts. An apple peeling gadget can be a wonderful thing to have in your kitchen during apple season. It makes apple sauce and apple pie making a much quicker process. Recently, I received an e-mail from STARFRIT […]

Chipotle Pork Quichelettes

Add this recipe to ZipList! Chipotle Pork Quichelettes Makes 20 quichelettes For the Tart Crust: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 11 tablespoons (5.5 ounces) butter, softened 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt For the Filling: 6 ounces lean ground pork 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle chili 1/2 teaspoon table salt 1/2 cup finely shredded […]

SUPER TOP SECRET GYOZA RECIPE

Today I’m over on Steamy Kitchen sharing my SUPER TOP SECRET recipe for gyoza. Click on over to get my recipe!

Jim’s Cornish Pasties

One of the joys of food blogging is the contact that I sometimes get to have with some of you! I recently had a wonderful email exchange with a reader named Jim. Jim is from Cornwall, England, the birthplace of Cornish pasties–a meat pie traditionally filled with cubed beef, potatoes, turnips (or rutabaga), and onions. […]

Park Avenue Potluck Virtual Dinner Party–Warm Mushroom Rolls

Add this recipe to ZipList! Warm Mushroom Rolls Makes 60 rolls 1 medium onion, chopped 1 shallot, chopped 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves 12 ounces white mushrooms 7 tablespoons unsalted butter 1½ tablespoons heavy cream 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1-pound loaf firm sandwich bread (about 15 slices) 1. […]

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