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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
- New Recipe on the blog: Antipasti-style calamari salad http://t.co/vxAzXQfh 2012/06/11
- RT @ethicurean: Nice plug form @CKummer for great anti-waste cookbook "An Everlasting Meal" by @tamaradler #cfs12 2012/05/18
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Tag Archives: DIY Delicious
Plum Gorgeous & Cherries Galore
If you’re a person who reads cookbooks as much for stories as recipes, and aspires to an elegantly rural, abundant lifestyle, then Plum Gorgeous by Romney (Nani) Steele will speak to you. If you swoon over gorgeous photos of seasonal fruits set in dreamy tableaux, Plum Gorgeous, with photos by Sara Remington, will send you [...]
Posted in Books, Food and Drink, dessert, entertaining, from the market, fruit Also tagged Gluten free baking, gluten free cherry clafoutis, Nani Steele, Romney Steele, Sara Remington, seasonal fruit desserts 2 Comments
Kitchen Hacker: Cowboy Stovetop Buttermilk Biscuits & Sorghum Syrup
I enjoy a kitchen challenge. My favorite variety of challenge is when I don’t have the necessary equipment for what I want to accomplish and I have to make do with what’s on hand. I think problem solving in the kitchen makes us smarter cooks. Recently a special someone and I had a hankering for [...]
Posted in DIY, Food and Drink, breads and pizzas, breakfast Also tagged cast iron pan biscuits, Cultured Butter, homemade biscuits, sorghum syrup 1 Comment
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 [...]
Posted in Books, DIY, Latin American, book events, classes, from the market, healthy, hearty, pantry staples Also tagged cabbage salad, curtido, fermenting, Heirloom Beans, sauerkraut, vegetables, wild fermentation 6 Comments
Home-brewed Sodas Live at 18 Reasons
Though it took place last month (how is that possible?) I wanted to take a moment to blog about the home-brewed soda class my pal Nishanga taught at 18 Reasons. Nishanga showed class participants how to use ginger bug and whey to naturally ferment sodas. She discussed other starters and I brought along some homemade [...]
Posted in DIY, Food and Drink, book events, classes, community, healthy Also tagged 18 Reasons, fermenting, Gastronicity, ginger bug, homebrewing, lacto-fermented sodas, whey 6 Comments
Dinner for One: Lamb Chop, Smashed Squash, and Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes
I have a confession to make. I haven’t been cooking all that much lately. I mean really cooking. I find myself making side dishes or desserts for gatherings I’m invited to, omelets and salads for dinner, brown rice with sauerkraut, a quick zucchini soup, sliced tomatoes and mozzarella, you get the picture. This is all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, from the market Also tagged duck fat, lamb, Marin Sun Farms, Market Hall, Massa Organics Leave a comment
Baba Ghanoush with Homemade Harissa