Forget about the dang pancakes already! This is something you have to taste – The recipe is taken, shamelessly and without editing, from the Joy of Gardening Cookbook with frosting from Grandma Gwen’s recipe box. It is so incredibly delicious and if I am doing my arithmetic right, it is about 75% zucchini. (Just don’t […]
Author: Lillian Magidow
Beef Borscht – Lillian’s Way
This week we got beets from the CSA. They’re still small but already perfect for borscht! These ones have light-colored insides, so they’re better for beef borscht (rather than the all-veggie cold borscht, which I prefer to be magenta). First I made beef broth from scratch. I think this step really makes the soup, but […]
Stuffed Zucchini – Kousa Mahshi
This is a pretty exciting recipe because it uses power tools. I meant for this blog to be more of a collection of our favorite recipes, but it is also fun to add new ones along with photos (such as this one). This recipe was inspired by the arrival of zucchini season and by the […]
Turnips: not just starvation food anymore!
You may or may not know that Dan and I are splitting a CSA (community supported agriculture) share with our friend Kristine. It still seems to be ‘springtime’ at the farm, so we’re deluged in greens of all sorts. One nice break from those, though, are the sweet little Hakurei turnips we get. Unlike the […]
Faux-sotto
This is so tritely named since the end product surprised me with a texture almost identical to risotto, and trite does not preclude apt. It’s a pretty simple pasta dish, good fridge velcro, and can really make you look like you know what you’re doing, especially if you get to explain what a velouté is […]
Welcome to our Blog!
Hi there family, Joe and I had been discussing making a blog like this. I think this will be a good way for us to share recipes online and will hopefully encourage us to record what we cook. We all love and appreciate good food and, let’s just be honest here, kick ass in the […]