Category Archives: Grains and Rice Spring is just around the corner. Can you feel it? If you look carefully you’ll certainly catch glimpses of it popping up through the ground and budding on the trees. I’m particularly eager and observant this year because this is my first full spring here in Charlottesville. I’m constantly comparing the weather here with the...   Hello 2011. It’s such a relief to see that you have arrived. There were a few rough patches for me in 2010, and it’s important for me to peaceably close the book on 2010 in order to face 2011 with renewed energy and focus. The biggest lessons I learned this past year are that I’m...  We live 20 minutes from the center of town as well as from the closest real grocery store. This has been mostly a blessing, but, as you can imagine, also challenges us to plan ahead in order to always have good food and meal options available at home. Lately, we haven’t done so well in...  If you like salmon and the assertive flavors of Vietnamese cuisine, you will love this dish. Picture grilled salmon over a comforting batch of jasmine rice, topped with crisp cucumber, smothered with a bold gingery, garlicky, sweet, sour and spicy sauce. This recipe comes together easily and is a great way to get your recommended...  For many years my go-to cornbread recipe was the first one I ever tried, Molly Katzen’s version from The New Moosewood Cookbook. Although I loved Molly’s cornbread recipe, I’m a huge fan of cornbread, thus I’ve tried a few others since discovering hers. In my book, one must never eat chili or bar-b-que pulled pork... |
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