posted by steve on May 29th, 2009

If you’re staring longingly at your half-grown peas, wishing you could be enjoying that fresh spring taste right now, then I’ve got a great recipe for you!
You might not know it, but the entire pea plant — shoots, leaves, flowers and pods — is edible, and all of it taste like peas.  I often grab [...]

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posted by steve on April 28th, 2009

Here’s a great recipe that is perfect for those days when I come home from work with no ideas for dinner, some random ingredients in the fridge, and a Ruby who wants to spend time with Papa.
The recipe is simple: just put a carton off chicken broth in a pot, turn on the heat, and [...]

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posted by steve on January 1st, 2008

I came up with a great Hoppin’ John recipe today. Very easy to prepare and quite tasty.

Quick-soak 1.5 cups of black-eyed peas: put ‘em in a pot with water, bring to a boil, then take off the heat and let sit for a few hours.
Later, put the following in a dutch oven:

2 smoked pork [...]

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posted by steve on May 27th, 2007

The descriptions and photos of this dinner just blew my mind [via boingboing]:
http://www.howithappened.com/2007/05/underground-menu-at-lenclume.html
Kate and I had an upscale dinner last weekend where one dish featured “rhubarb caviar”.  It wasn’t actual caviar, but liquid-filled blobs of rhubarb jelly.  We were curious as to how it was made, and the above report provided a link to the [...]

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posted by steve on July 13th, 2006

Rudd Sound Bites is the blog for the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale.  At first glance, it looks pretty interesting.  I’ve got a Feedwhip subscription set up.
Here’s a post that inspires me to aim high for Ruby’s diet:
http://ruddsoundbites.typepad.com/rudd_sound_bites/2006/07/spinach_im_look.html#more
While six-year-old Faith and four-year-old Elijah cycle through finicky preferences, like any other children, Steinberger reports, “Neither [...]

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