Posts tagged “cooking”

A list is being made. A grouchy possum is coming to the store with me. Here are things I am making for the big meal on Thursday, as well as some other things you might want to consider making. Titles of the photos are links to recipes. Dry-brined turkey (made this last year, and it was perfect– easier than wet brined, but 3 days lead time) Persimmon pudding Apple Pie Stuffed Delicata Squash Endive Salad with warm bacon dressing Goat Cheese with Chile Morita and Piloncillo sauce (great for hors d’oerves) Orange Custard Pie with Honey and Coriander Cabbage Gratin New stuff I am doing this year: Cranberry Port-Gelee Gratinned Mustard Creamed Onions Chard with Raisins and Orange Peel And a less insane version than…

Categories: recipes

Tagged: apple pie, chile morita, cooking, coriander, dessert, endive salad, food, goat cheese, honey, orange custard pie, persimmon pudding, pie, piloncillo, recipe, squash, thanksgving, turkey

“gingerbread” and “milk” (and a recipe for something else)

Meredith

Posted on January 1, 2012

When your kitchen has been dismantled for a week, it is good to get out of town for a day (especially if you have been doing plenty of the work yourself, and need some time away from all things covered in saw dust and dry wall dust). If you drive to Gonzales, TX from San Antonio, take the exit for old highway 90 when you get to Seguin. It is actually much faster, and very pastoral. And when you are parking in the old downtown, and some young men on horse back come strolling out of the alley, make sure you ask to take their picture. Pick up some “gingerbread” trim and “milk” (glass) at the architectural salvage store, and concoct an explanation for your carpenter…

Categories: recipes, travel, vegetarian

Tagged: ancho chilis, cooking, food, masa, recipe, red chili sauce, tamales

sister number one: Phaseolus vulgaris

Meredith

Posted on July 21, 2011

I have been sick for a couple days, and due to the nature of my illness, unable to really think about food at all. But I am recovered now, just in time. I feel very compelled to make this post today. I am new to blogging, and in a good-faith effort to read and try to interact with other food bloggers in the area, I have subscribed myself to their blogs. I try to read them as often as they post (not very often) and if possible, write comments on their work. Well, today I unsubscribed from one. I wont name names, but they were boasting about their favorite burrito being from Chipotle. They are from San Antonio. How can this be? First of…

Categories: recipes, restaurants, vegetarian

Tagged: beans, chipotle, cooking, mi tierra, pintos, recipes, robb walsh, tex-mex

really rosie

Meredith

Posted on July 16, 2011

These lovely pink rings are perfect garnish for spicy dishes, on salads, in salsas, even with crackers and a soft cheese. They make the onion flavor less hot and overpowering. I am using them in potato salad, and nopales salad (recipes coming soon). You won’t want a raw onion after crunching one of these beauties. I found the big grilling fork to be the best tool for moving them around and getting them into the jar. This is not formal canning, so you just need to make sure the jar is clean, not sanitized in boiling water. You could even put them in a dish for storage, but don’t let them dry out. Pickled Red Onions inspired by David Lebovitz, who was inspired by Simply Recipes and…

Categories: recipes, vegetarian

Tagged: cloves, cooking, onions, pickles, san antonio, vinegar

Personal Eggplant

Meredith

Posted on July 11, 2011

The garden is giving out personal eggplants. At least, they are on the small side—you couldn’t put them in your pocket—but you could maybe in your purse… I just was thinking how BIG everything is at the store. And then there are those small round “personal” watermelons I see at HEB. Not sure why we need those. I still couldn’t eat a whole personal watermelon, as it is about half the size of a regular oblong watermelon. I think there is a conspiracy to produce very large specimens at the grocer. Small and sometimes odd-shaped is how things look when you grow them yourself, so be wary of larger-than-life poor tasting (but good looking) produce. We have six eggplant bushes this year, thanks to…

Categories: recipes, vegetarian

Tagged: babaganouj, cooking, dip, eggplant, garden, olive oil, recipe, san antonio, tahini

black rice salad with figs and dandelions

Meredith

Posted on July 7, 2011

When I was working my first job as a cook, we used to whip up a wild rice salad with an orange juice vinaigrette for all the summer weddings. I worked at a small restaurant on Cape Cod, but on the catering side of the kitchen– the real bread and butter of the operation. I thought I would be a waitress that summer, but I was too late arriving to the Cape for those jobs. A friend of a friend who waited tables at this place knew they needed a cook, so she lied and told them I was the best cook she knew (maybe I was– but I had never cooked for her). Luckily I knew my way around a kitchen enough to…

Categories: recipes, vegetarian

Tagged: cooking, dandelions, figs, pecans, recipe, rice, salad, south texas

Posts tagged “cooking”

Thanksgiving Round-up

Meredith

Posted on November 18, 2012

“gingerbread” and “milk” (and a recipe for something else)

Meredith

Posted on January 1, 2012

sister number one: Phaseolus vulgaris

Meredith

Posted on July 21, 2011

really rosie

Meredith

Posted on July 16, 2011

Personal Eggplant

Meredith

Posted on July 11, 2011

black rice salad with figs and dandelions

Meredith

Posted on July 7, 2011