Food Friday: Food for the Sick from 1876

One of the great things about those 19th century cookbooks is that they had a little bit of everything. Yes, they had recipes for food but they also had household hints for cleaning, laundry, and medicinal recipes. These books served as an all-in-one household guide for women.Since I am now sick with the same thing that has plagued by family for a...

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Springtime cauliflower soup

This post is long overdue.. this soup actually won me a competition last year. It was the Swedish dairy producer Arla that had put up a recipe contest with set ingredients. They included cauliflower, chicken, cream, bacon and a number of other things, and as soon as I saw them I knew I wanted to make a light and delicious cauliflower soup with parmesan,...

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Why a Capon?

If you look at old recipes, especially those from the Renaissance, the preferred domestic fowl above all others is capon. I've always wondered, why not just a nice young chicken? The sort that we seem to like today? Well I think I finally figured it out this weekend. I suspected it was a flavor thing, sure. But it's actually even more a texture thing....

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Kombucha brewed with Homemade Mother Scoby and 2nd Flavored Ferment.

FERMENTATION, PROBIOTICS, GOOD BACTERIA?maybe it's just a "FAD"(it's reported to go back 2000 years)maybe i'm looking for "HEALTHY"(full of probiotics for a healthy digestive system)MAYBE IT JUST FASCINATES MEit's like a 3rd grade science projectso...after you've successfully made your own "homemade Mother Scoby", you are ready to brew some Kombucha...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

This morning, I suddenly decided that I did indeed want to bring the kids teachers something for Valentine's. I hadn't planned on it, but hey - they sure deserve it, and besides, I like baking. In the morning. Before breakfast. No, not so much. But I did manage to swing these little vanilla heart cookies with dried sour cherries! 15 minutes from start...

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Food Friday: Valentine's Day 2014

Happy Valentine's Day!From the collection of Gena Philibert-OrtegaAre you going out tonight or just making a cozy meal at home? Valentine's Day is one of those special food "occasions" that requires something different and often extraordinary.In case you are staying home, here's some recipes courtesy of two editions (1925 and a later edition that has...

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BACON...I love you !

nothing says "I LOVE YOU" like a beautiful BACON HEART for your Valentine's breakfastsuper easy, super funa big hit with the bacon lovers out there.i found this at "The Paper Mama" on my never ending quest for bacon ideas.i think it's genius!not much of a recipe, BUT...THIS IS MY "HOW-TO"make bacon hearts as shownput on aluminum foil sheet panput the...

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