Violet Creme Filled Crepes With Blueberry & Violet Sauce
Violet Creme Filled Crepes With Blueberry & Violet Sauce - I love eating flowers. Their bright colors and sweet yet bitter flavor add vibrancy to meals from simple salads to [...]
Maple Nut Amaranth
Amaranth is a tiny South American grain that was a staple food for the Aztecs. It ranges from shades of rich gold to deep reds. [...]
Honeycake
Honeycake - The honey you choose will influence the flavor of the cake. Summer honeys are often lighter and more delicate than the richer late summer, early fall darker honeys. [...]
Kudzu Ginger Tea
Kudzu, kuzu, pueraria or ge gen – it’s all the same thing. This amazing vine that is taking over the south, leaving areas looking like [...]
Rhubarb Compote
Rhubarb’s sour flavor is often overly tempered by too much sugar. I prefer to keep it clearer, using either maple syrup or honey and controlling [...]
Sorrel Soup
Bright sorrel is one of my first spring greens to pop up. Actually, it grows strong in the spring, dies back in the heat and comes back in the fall...love it. Sorrel's strong sour flavor helps to stimulate and decongest the Liver and Gallbladder after Winter's heavier foods. Use it in dressings, to flavor eggs or as an usual soup.
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
This soup is light and bright. The sour flavor stimulates the digestion and senses. You control the sour flavor here. I like my soup very [...]
Miso Glazed Salmon
I am not a great lover of fish dishes–which is fine as I don’t live near an ocean and sustainability is priority in my eating [...]
Coffee Substitutes-Getting To Know Grain Beverages
Why would you ever need to substitute something for your coffee? That's the first question that came to mind, right? After all many people love their coffee, it seems [...]
K’hair Belaban
I worked at an Egyptian restaurant in Boise in the early ’90’s. The food was fabulous. This is one of my favorite dips on the [...]