Category: Summer

Basmati Rice with Apple, Bacon, and Sage

17 November 2009

Yes, more bacon. What? You didn’t think I was done with it just because I ate up a pound of it all by myself five years ago did you? Mmm, this little side is something I could eat for breakfast or lunch or dinner. The smoky, the sweet, the salty all come together so that […]

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Roast Pork Loin with a Simple Orange Glaze

13 November 2009

One of my big person friends found it a little shocking that we would practice butchering in our cooking class for four-year-olds. “They’ll never eat meat again, ” she said pleadingly. Well, that very well might be true. When we work with meat and animal products, when we cook with them, we are face to […]

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Dumplings Part Two: Sesame Spinach Dumplings

09 November 2009

One of my students called these tasty little bites, “ducklings” instead of dumplings the other day. It is easy to see a connection. They are small, cute, and you want to have them around you. Our vegetarian version, made with sesame and spinach, packs in a lot of flavor and vitamins. In general, I hear […]

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Dumplings Part One: Pork Dumplings

06 November 2009

Dumplings are a family affair, a community affair. Like ravioli, samosas, or tamales, they are easier made with and consumed by a crowd. In this case, a crowd of mini-chefs and mums assembled the many dumplings. Quicker than it took to make them, we gobbled them up. The most frequent comment that I heard about […]

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Hairy Eyeballs (a.k.a. Vegan Chocolate Brownies Bites

30 October 2009

These vegan brownie bites are a clear example of how the way in which you describe a food affecting the way a food is received. Some of you maybe thinking, “Vegan brownies?” Yick. Go further: Raw brownies? How does that sound? Maybe yum, maybe not so much. If you tell your kids that these are […]

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