Peanuts make my favorite butter and almonds and chestnuts make my favorite flours, but macadamias make my favorite nuts + chocolate combination. In this case, the final result was muffins. (Or — if you frost the muffins with melted chocolate and butter and pop them into the refrigerator for about 20 minutes to harden your [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about mushrooms lately. I’ve also been reading a lot of books about foraging lately. Come to think of it, the latter probably explains the former… While I’m not ready to go out and collect my own mushrooms — there are far too many dangerous varieties for a neophyte to gather [...]
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I’m a big believer in making your own sauces, dressings, and condiments — they’re usually easy to make, and it’s a lot quicker and cheaper to craft your own blend with ingredients you already have on hand than it is to go out and buy a big bottle/jar of something that’ll take you forever to [...]
