Confit (French, prounounced cone-fee): “Meat cooked and preserved in fat: meat such as goose, duck, or pork that has been cooked and preserved in its own fat.” Recently, I have had a mild obsession with all things confit. Specifically, duck confit…I could eat it for days. So, whilst planning my Easter Feast for this year, I came across a recipe… Read More »
hello to all. I’ve been in California for the past week, so my apologies for the lack of posts. I have a few posts that are in the works – namely, the roast leg of lamb we made for Easter and we had our second cookoff challenge with Taylor and Brittany (Be patient, Joe. It will be posted soon!). Also,… Read More »
For those of you who don’t recall (or didn’t read my post on Lent), Nich and are are partaking in Orthodox Lent this year. There are lots of different interpretations of Orthodox Lent, but essentially you give up meat & dairy for 6 weeks. So, Nich and I have been eating a (mostly) vegan diet for the past six weeks…. Read More »
In honor of our little sister Candyce’s wedding, Danielle and I made a date to hang out this past Saturday morning. Since we couldn’t be with Candyce on her wedding day, It seemed appropriate that we should at least be to be together. Danielle had the brilliant idea of going to the big Portland Farmers Market downtown. I have dearly… Read More »
Photos (by me!): Arugula, Rhubarb, Rosemary, Spinach, Tulip
A while ago, I was in the produce section of the grocery store, pondering possible vegetable choices for dinner. Out of the blue, an East Indian woman approached me and she started talking to me as if we knew each other. She talked at length about her thoughts on food and cooking. She told me that energy flows through everything – through me, through the vegetables I was holding… Read More »
Lets just get this out on the table first and foremost: yes, I know. Vegan caesar salad seems redundant, to say the very least. Needless to say, I did not seek out a recipe for a vegan version of Caesar salad. I would rather eat things that taste good and happen to be vegan – rather than try to force… Read More »