A Teaspoon of Salt is Not Necessarily a Teaspoon of Salt
In an informal experiment, I found there to be a full 100% difference between two readily available brands of salt!
Recipes Lie!
OK, the title is overly assertive. I’ve never reacted to a recipe with “Liar, liar, pants on fire.” But recipes often, for varying reasons, misinform.
Books I Like
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Caldo Verde
Caldo verde, green broth, is one of the most popular dishes from Portugal. Caldo Gallego, Galician broth, is one of the most popular dishes from Galicia. These soups are much more hearty soups than simple broths. They are easy to pull together, and they are super satisfying.
CSA 2021, Week 3
This is the 3rd week of my Elysian Fields Farm CSA. As always, a nice variety of produce, and ever evolving week to week.
Whose Responsibility is it to Feed the World?
World hunger. Everyone supports the idea of ending world hunger. So, whose responsibility is it to feed the world?
Gumbo Mother Dish Technique
The flavors of my gumbo start with smoked andouille sausage and aromatics and ends up wrapped with a rich roux and stock. This provides a wonderful vehicle to carry any number of seasonal options from your garden or the local farmers’ market.
Pizza Mother Dish Technique
On more than one occasion, sharing a pizza with particularly good crust, someone at the table will remark “It’s all about the crust!” Hearty agreement follows. But sometimes, when the sauce is really good the remark will change to “It’s all about the sauce!” Same with the cheese. Same with the toppings. The fact is pizza is about all four.
Paella Mother Dish Technique
My underlying paella recipe starts with Spanish chorizo, saffron and smoked paprika. This flavor profile provides a foundation to make any number of ingredients sing. Here is a template that you can use to highlight whatever is coming from the garden or the farmers’ market.
Sweet Potato and Kale Risotto
This delicious and nutritious risotto uses an enameled cast iron Dutch oven and short grain brown rice, and of course, sweet potatoes and kale.
Mother Dishes
Master the 5 classic French mother sauces, and you can make hundreds of variations. Master a mother dish, and you can use the same technique using whatever produce is fresh and seasonal!
About Paella
Paella is a famed Spanish dish. It is often associated with seafood or hearty proteins such as rabbit. But, at it’s heart, it is a rice dish.