Lisa on April 1st, 2011

Making meatballs is fun, especially if you have some good music playing in the background while you’re rolling away.  Meatballs are also easy to customize — just add a different blend of spices — and they can be anything from finger-food appetizers to the main dish.  And if you get tired of rolling the meat [...]

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Lisa on July 28th, 2010

“Corned” meatballs might sound odd, but I’m hearkening back to the original meaning of “corned” here, back when corns referred to any small grains.  Often, those grains were coarse grains of salt used in brines and pickling solutions.  That’s where we get corned beef from — it doesn’t have anything to do with the kind [...]

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Lisa on February 24th, 2010

Cabbages aren’t exactly the hottest item on the vegetable menu:  they don’t have the slim elegance of a green bean or the curvy voluptuousness of an eggplant.  From Sauerkraut to Asian cabbage-parcel soups, however, they do feature prominently in most world cuisines.  (To achieve the latter, stuff a leaf, tie it off with chives, and [...]

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Lisa on September 14th, 2009

Making your own patties is easy — all you need are some spices, an egg, an onion, and top-notch pastured pork.  (The latter can be found at farmer’s markets, on co-op farms, and occasionally at markets that stock sustainable and local foods.)  With ingredients like that, you’re guaranteed to sink your fork into the best [...]

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