I would like to remind everyone that Fall is officially here in California and the quince fruit is now in season and available at your local farmer’s markets. Early in July I wrote about my first attempt at making jam. It was quince jam, and it turned out to be delicious! You [...]
Posted by: Will on October 4th, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments, Preserves | 7 Comments »
Many people may not realize it, but the word pesto literally means: to pound or to crush, in Italian. It seems obvious when you think of similar sounding words like mortar and PESTLE, but for some reason, until recently, I never made the connection.
Homemade pesto sauce was almost a weekly tradition for me and [...]
Posted by: Will on September 27th, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments, Food for Thought, Main Dishes | 6 Comments »
We’re brimming with heirloom tomatoes from our farm CSA box, but somehow none of my usual uses for tomatoes have seemed appealing lately. The tomatoes this year have been so good that they mostly beg to be eaten straight – sliced with a bit of sea salt and good olive oil, or layered into a [...]
Posted by: Will on August 30th, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments, Preserves | No Comments »
I’ve finally done it! I’ve successfully reverse engineered Taqueria El Favorito’s (fresh) green salsa, the best salsa I’ve ever encountered in all my travels. Now let me tell you, I’ve eaten Mexican food in Mexico, Portugal (please don’t even ask), France (same goes for here), Italy (and here), Venezuela, Arizona, New Mexico, and in hundreds [...]
Posted by: Will on August 16th, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments | 2 Comments »
This is perhaps the easiest recipe I could post, but it is so simple and miraculous and delicious that you will no doubt make it again and again. Just dump plenty of heavy cream into a mixer or food processor and beat until the butter and the “butter milk” begin to separate. [...]
Posted by: Will on July 25th, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments | No Comments »
