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The recipes and images on this site belong to Vanessa Barrington. Feel free to link here and if you’d like to use a recipe or image, please ask permission first. Thank you.Twitter Updates
- DIY Delicious and Heirloom Beans both featured on Amazon as a Kindle Big Deal until Aug 23rd http://t.co/YupbnPbB get them digitally! 2012/08/18
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Category Archives: Books
Crazy for Curtido
My life and my kitchen have both been overtaken by fermenting cabbage lately. (Is there a support group for that?) Partially, it’s the season. I always want to make hearty, fattier foods when the weather turns cold and sauerkraut and curtido are the perfect accompaniments. Plus cabbage turns sweeter as the weather gets chillier, making [...]
Also posted in DIY, Latin American, book events, classes, from the market, healthy, hearty, pantry staples Tagged cabbage salad, curtido, DIY Delicious, fermenting, Heirloom Beans, sauerkraut, vegetables, wild fermentation 6 Comments
DIY Delicious at Jimtown—ajvar, crackers, cheese, yogurt cake, sauerkraut canapés and more!
The inaugural DIY Delicious book event was held recently at Jimtown Store in Healdsburg, CA. Since working on the recipes for the Jimtown Store cookbook was my first foray into cookbookery, it only seems fitting. Plus it’s a warm, welcoming space that feels like home and Carrie Brown and her staff know how to make [...]
Also posted in DIY, book events, community, entertaining, stores Tagged Ajvar, Ajvar Dip Recipe, DIY Delicious Events, Homemade Cheese, Homemade Crackers, Homemade Mustard, Homemade Sauerkraut, Jimtown Store, Yogurt Cake 2 Comments
DIY Delicious Book Giveaway with FarmCurious
What: Win a signed copy of my book, DIY Delicious: Recipes and Ideas for Simple Food from Scratch. All you have to do to qualify for a random drawing is to submit a story about your catalyst for canning, preserving, or creating your own food from scratch. Your story can inspire others! Who: This contest [...]
Also posted in DIY, community Tagged contest, DIYDelicious, Eat Real, Eat Real Festival, Farm Curious, giveaway 3 Comments
What I Finally Did with my Massa Organics Duck
Last fall, Greg tweeted that he’d be selling rice-paddy raised ducks at the Berkeley market if folks wanted to order ahead. I did. I picked mine up on a bright day in September or October. I have no idea which. It was frozen so I put it in the freezer thinking I’d cook it within [...]
Also posted in Asian, Food and Drink, entertaining, from the market 3 Comments
DIY Delicious is Here!
I got the email yesterday. It said, "I'm holding advance copies of your book in my hand, it looks beautiful. Which address should I send them to?" I was excited but a little numb I guess. Or maybe nothing can really prepare a person for the feeling of opening a package and pulling out a [...]
Also posted in DIY, food news 19 Comments
A Healthy, Restorative Meal with Sablefish and Dal
I rarely cook a protein, starch, veg meal anymore. And I rarely eat fish either. Our oceans are just so endangered, that it’s a once-in-awhile treat these days. And it’s gotta be on Seafood Watch’s green list, or I’m not even eating it as a treat. If you’ve never cooked sablefish, you’ll find that it’s [...]
Also posted in Asian, food sustainability, from the market, healthy, hearty, seafood 1 Comment
Hunger Challenge Day Two
I wake up ready to go. Day one wasn’t so bad. I’m working at home in the morning and going into the office late. I take that time to make Vietnamese rice porridge. This is a brilliant dish involving a very small amount of white, long grain rice, a lot of chicken broth, a few [...]
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Scenes from a Photo Shoot
Toast shot Ok, so the book is pretty much done. All that remains is copyediting, galleys, and other little details. Directly on the heels of turning in the manuscript, we went right into shooting the photos. We did it with a crew of 4 plus me over 5 long days right here at the house. [...]
Also posted in Asian, breads and pizzas, breakfast 1 Comment
Plum Gorgeous & Cherries Galore