Cookbook Club – Tasting History After many months of missing Cookbook Club because well, life happens and schedules get busy, I was ecstatic to make it to the October event! We used Max Miller’s Tasting History, which he started as a YouTube channel – sharing historical recipes from around the world so successfully that he…
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Spicy Sweet Roasted Squash Seeds
I’m a big proponent of minimizing food waste by using as many parts of produce and animals as possible. So next time you cook with squash, don’t throw those seeds away! Roast them for a tasty snack. You can do this simply with olive oil and salt, but I like to zing it up a…
A Traditional Yannukah Stew
This story begins with a holiday called Dirktoberfest – an annual celebration thrown around the time of Oktoberfest by my cousin Yan’s German roommate, Dirk. The highlight of Dirktoberfest was a contest to present Dirk with a beer he’d never had before, the winner of which would receive a specially reserved piece of Dirk’s homemade…
Savory Watermelon and Pickled Rinds
Any of you who know me must have thought you were seeing things when you read the title. Yes, for the most part, watermelon is still one of the few foods that I could happily live without. But I have been converted by the wonder that is the pickled watermelon rind – a crunchy, tangy…