Adapted from Gourmet Magazine at www.epicurious.com. 1 1/2 loaves Corn Bread (see below) 2 cups pecans 7 leeks (about 1 pound; white and pale green parts only) 3 celery ribs 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) Stirling Creamery butter 1/2 pound Riesling infused pork sausage 2 cups fresh or unthawed frozen cranberries 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup [...]
Archive | September, 2010
The Goods on Grain
Did you know that grain is both a fruit and a vegetable? I didn’t until I did some research for this blog post. Grains are one of those things we take for granted, having been an indispensable food source for millennia, though it seems we still need reminding to eat enough whole grains!
Recipe: Skillet Sausages with Grapes
Adapted from Lidia Cooks From The Heart of Italy by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. Serves 6. 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 8 plump garlic cloves, crushed and peeled 2-1/2 lbs Angelo Bean’s Baco Noir Drunken Sausages 1/2 teaspoon red chile flakes, or to taste 1-1/4 lbs seedless green grapes, stemmed and washed (about 3 cups) Recommended [...]
Go Whole Hog with Nitrate-free Meats
Prosciutto, capicolla, pancetta, salami…feel like you’re in an Italian language class? Well, these nitrate free meats made in the old world Italian way are indeed in a class of their own! Why the focus on nitrate-free? Well, sodium nitrate is used extensively as a food preservative, for its antimicrobial properties (it is thought to inhibit [...]