Kitchen Basics
Make-Ahead Gifts From the Kitchen: Confetti Bean Soup
Confetti Bean Soup, another Make-Ahead Gift From the Kitchen, is probably a catch-all name for a dry bean soup. You know the one. It includes a variety of dry beans with a variety of seasonings. It may or may not contain any meat -- at my...
How to Whip Cream without Making Butter {Kitchen Basics}
The first time I ever whipped cream on my own was an adventure in how to make butter. And it was good butter. Only that was not what I needed to top the double-ring anniversary cake I had spent the whole as in ENTIRE day making as a...
Braised Smoky Beef Brisket {Kitchen Basics}
There’s just something comfortable and homey about braised beef brisket yet it’s definitely a welcomed dish for special occasions. I’m always a little surprised when I’m told that someone avoids cooking it because it always comes out tough...
Compound Butter {Kitchen Basics}
I grow lots of fresh herbs in pots and in my little garden. And when I say "lots," I probably should say "more ---way more--- than I should. But I do love them so, and one of my favorite ways to make use of and extend the bounty is to make...
Clarified and Browned Butters {Kitchen Basics}
It occurred to me recently that I may take too much for granted when discussing and/or preparing recipes and that I should, perhaps, explain some some of my directions and techniques a little more completely. In order to do that I am going to be...
Preserving Summer: Habanero Peach Jam with Ginger
I don't do a lot of home canning. With only two of us at home, we just don't eat enough to inspire me to go to all of that trouble. Now mind you, I grew up canning and freezing with grandmothers who...
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