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Kids rocked the cooking class

I had so much fun cooking with six children today at my first home cooking class for kids. Unfortunately,although I am a Goddess in the Kitchen,I am only “Techno Amish”as determined by technoNative and I failed to take any pictures.

Suffice it say,the children made chocolate mousse (learning the wonders of [...]

Cooking With Children and a recipe for Scottish Venison Casserole

I am hosting a cooking workshop for children ages 10 to 13 at my home on January 28 from 1 until 5. Children will learn basic knife skills,such as sharpening and caring for knives and proper (safe) cutting techniques. We’ll delve into the chemistry of food–making roux,beating egg whites,understanding risen breads versus [...]

Gluten Free Gingerbread Pear Muffins

Last week our Kundalini Yoga Community celebrated one our local teachers 120th day of pregnancy. This is a special time to honor the mother and her journey as she welcomes a new life. We created a beautiful dais for her to rest upon,shared yoga and meditation and literally showered her with blessings and rose [...]

Saturday night inspiration

Home late to start dinner after watching The King’s Speech. Salmon was on the menu thanks to The Artisan’s weekly special on Norwegian Salmon.  I wanted to make it fast and simple….looking in the refrigerator I grabbed some leftover fennel tops,a leftover half of red onion and a lemon. I placed the salmon in [...]

Tempeh with Lemon Tahini Sauce–Gourmet Cooking in a Flash

I’ll be teaching at this year’s Organic Growers School. My theme is Gourmet Cooking in a flash. Today’s lunch would certainly fit the theme:

I pan fried cubes of Cool Bean’s Tempeh by  local Brian Moe in palm oil until golden brown all over. I poured a couple tablespoons of filtered water onto the sizzling [...]

Cinnamon Roll Sunday

Rising. Risen. Baked. [...]

My favorite cookie

I have been making Knock Your Socks off Cookies for over 15 years. They remain my favorite cookie when I am in need of the perfect cookie. A cookie to make the moment better–or to savor an already very good one. My friend Avril recently asked for the recipe so here it is–for you and [...]

Cure for Capsacin Burn

Making sofrito tonight for Cuban Red Beans. I didn’t have any green peppers so I used some beautiful red peppers I had gleaned from the Black Mountain Community Garden. They looked like a large sweet pepper I had grown last year,but it appears that they must be an annaheim that turned red. [...]

Help me choose my new gas range!

This morning I learned for the cost of $70,which I paid to a local appliance repair business,run for fifty years by Jim House,that any additional money would be better spent on a new range and not on parts and labor with Mr. House and his son. I have accepted this kind and [...]

Bean Fest

I’m writing this entry in response to the blog Home Grown Evolution. She is focusing the month of September on an exploration of beans. At current count my own pantry contains 14 different types of dried beans and the refrigerator vegetable bin holds three types of fresh beans from the garden.

The three  beans used [...]