Basic Risotto: A Simple Pantry Staple
Today's Seasonal Pantry, which you can read here, includes a recipe for risotto cakes with warm fava vinaigrette but without a recipe for basic risotto. As promised, here is my recipe.
Spring Deliciousness from the Farmers Market
Spring deliciousness is easy to create when you shop at your local farmers markets for butter, eggs, artichokes, asparagus, leeks, nettles, grapefruit & more
Some Call It Picadillo, Others Say Larb, Haché, Minchi or . . .
Some call it picadillo, haché, larb, minchi and even sloppy Joe but all follow a basic formula that calls for ground meat, aromatics like shallots and onions and seasonings, some fragrant, some sweet, some wildly spicy.
January is Tonic Time, with recipes
The virus that is sweeping through the North Bay this month is tenacious and enduring. I've been under its thrall, so to speak, since Jan. 2 and I'm still not back to normal. When I feel up to cooking, I poach a chicken and then use the carcass and breast [...]
Update: Eggplant
2014 Update: Today's Seasonal Pantry features recipes for Baba Ghanoush and a simple ratatouille. You can read that column here. Orange eggplant may be oblong as seen here, or small and round. Eggplant is the topic of today's Seasonal Pantry, which you can read here. In the [...]
Moroccan-Inspired Soup and More Mediterranean: North Africa & the Middle East
In today's Seasonal Pantry, I explore the Mediterranean diet, which is enjoying a resurgence of popularity. You can read that article here. As promised in that column, here are links to some Mediterranean-inspired recipes from the Pantry's archives. This post focuses on flavors of North Africa and the Middle East [...]
Granita & More Delicious Recipes with Blueberries
Blueberry season is in full swing in Sonoma County now. After you've eaten your fill of them neat, here are a few of my favorite ways to enjoy them.
The Stag Cookbook & a Tribute To a Friend
In today's Seasonal Pantry, I talk about my friend, John Kramer, who died late last month, and his love of artichokes. You can read that column here. In the article, I promise to post a feature story I wrote in the late 1990s, before the paper had a web presence. [...]
Homemade Yogurt, Raitas and More
In this week's Seasonal Pantry, which you can read here, I explore local yogurts and the difference between Greek yogurt and others. I also promised to post links to some favorite recipes, including for raita, an Indian condiment based on yogurt. Here you go, along with instructions for making yogurt [...]
