Posted in Articles on Feb 29th, 2008 7 Comments »
Prosciutto, made in Iowa?
Iowa food artisans, Herb & Kathy Eckhouse, have created La Quercia, to create the first premium America prosciutto. (Prosciutto is traditionally made in Parma or in San Daniele, Italy. It is pork leg which has been dry-cured with sea salt, time, and care.) Their love of prosciutto developed in the [...]
Posted in Recipes, Tips on Feb 23rd, 2008 4 Comments »
Julia Childs said,” You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.”
This is one of my favorite recipes that incorporate what Julia Child was right on about. This dish is more than the sum of it’s simple, fresh parts and it can be made in less time than [...]
Posted in Articles, Field Trips on Feb 13th, 2008 3 Comments »
We recently discovered a terrific website AVO:Market – a new online collaborative work created up by RISD design graduate Brittany Kleinman. She created this website to share her amazing project of gathering pictures of open air markets around the world. The site allows you to roam the markets by location, and other criteria. You can [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Tasting on Feb 10th, 2008 6 Comments »
Two things that bring so much pleasure – food & design. A little cookie company making homemade vanilla sugar cookies – Cutie Pie Cookie Co. – have combined these two pleasures. You can choose one of their own “couture” designed cookies or design a cookie of your own. Connect with your inner artist and send [...]
Posted in Food Finds, Tasting on Feb 4th, 2008 3 Comments »
We recently tried several varieties of Mikey’s Marinades. After years of prompting by family & friends, Michael Romano has taken his 20 year old marinade recipes and made them available to the public. These marinades are thin and light in flavor, we found they complemented our meats but did not overpower them. His background as [...]
