By Jeanie Rose | Turmeric
With the ever-expanding interest in Mediterranean foods and flavors, Ras el hanout is beginning to show up in recipes. Ras el hanout? What is it? Have you seen it at the grocery store? Not in my neck of the woods! Ras el hanout is a blend of spices rather like the curry powder from India, […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Asparagus
When I read through Emeril’s recipe for asparagus soup (here), I was quite taken by his idea of simmering the tough ends of the asparagus in the bone broth to get an intenser asparagus flavor. How much flavor had we missed by sending those tough ends directly to the chickens? No more! To thicken the […]
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By Amanda Rose | Chocolate
As a coffee substitute or simply because you want a healthier chocolate drink where you control the ingredients, try a “cacao bean brew” — brewed up just like you would brew coffee. Cacao is a chocolate bean — it is the unprocessed form of the bean that is used to make cocoa. You can use […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Antiques , Most Popular , Recipes , Sauces And Dressings
Once you make your own tartar sauce, you will never go back to the jarred version again. The tartar sauce in restaurants will not be quite as appealing either, but you will have an eating experience at home that is cheap, easy, and unparalleled in tartar sauce flavor. Begin with a good mayonnaise, either homemade […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Adventures , Food Flicks , Tidbits
Two key things happened here in the Sequoia National Forest to birth this very important post: (1) I cleaned a rack in my kitchen and found a s’mores kit the boys had been given some months back and (2) I saw a viral picture on Pinterest or Facebook of using a rake in a fire […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Cauliflower
In early spring after weeks of limited vegetables, it is so easy to cut way down on your vegetable quota, maybe even cut out the veggies entirely. You may try to explain it away. My dad says, “Of course I eat vegetables! Didn’t you see me eat that potato?” With the abundant vegetable harvest of […]
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