Rose Petal Harissa
Yotam Ottolenghi has done it again. He’s written another stunning cookbook – Ottolenghi Simple. As usual, he gets obsessed with a set of […]
Cranberry Ketchup
Cranberry ketchup is a surprisingly versatile table sauce. Tangy and fruity, it can be used like tomato ketchup on top […]
Better Ketchup: Tomato-Pepper Sauce
Better than ketchup, and more versatile. This sauce is a recent discovery that will make it into my repertoire. Canning […]
Red Hot Sauce with a Secret Ingredient, Carrots!
Hot sauce has a league of its own thanks to barbecue wars. Many BBQ joints – from DC to Dallas […]
Feelin’ Hot Hot Hot: Red Pepper Sauce
I’ve got the hots for hot sauce. With half a peck of peppers, I held my own red sauce cook-off. […]
Gingered Beet Salad
This started out labeled as chutney, and no one knew how to eat it. Meaning what would that spicy condiment […]
Homemade Sesame Mayonnaise: Vegetable Dip and a Chicken and Pepper Salad
This is not your average mayonnaise. Not even for homemade. Made with rice vinegar, soy sauce and toasted sesame oil, […]
Greatest Hits of 2011
So what clicked the most with my readers this year? A few conspicuous trends, heavy on the cannin’ and jammin’ […]
Homemade Tomato-Ginger Ketchup and Sweet Potato Fries
During one of my final canning sessions to use up all of the paste tomatoes I harvested at our CSA […]
Two Pots of Homemade Mustard
My antique German cobalt blue and white mustard pots with hinged with pewter hardware – charming miniatures of beer mugs […]
