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Cocktails & Beverages, Starters, Vegetarian

Bloody Mary Spritz

August 12, 2024 2 Comments

Lately, I’ve been researching savory cocktails. It’s not that I have anything against sweet\fruity drinks. I just don’t find them particularly compelling. And overly sweet beverages? I cannot stress enough how much I dislike them. A drink should have a lot more going on than just sweetness. You’re not popping a straw into a Capri-Sun after all. I do like the taste of alcohol, I don’t need it to be masked. But savory cocktails take things even further. They don’t just balance the sweet with the alcohol burn. They put the sweet in the back seat in favor of notes of feta brine, pickle brine, tomatoes, celery, and/or fish sauce. And if this all sounds gross to you, I promise it is not. Plus, they double as an appetizer, which is just economical. Today’s Bloody Mary Spritz definitely fits the cocktail/appetizer description.

Pasta, Vegetarian

Beet Ricotta Sacchetti with Pea Shoots

June 3, 2024 No Comments

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These Beet Ricotta Sacchetti feature homemade beet-infused pasta fashioned into wee parcels. The pasta gives way to a creamy whipped ricotta filling punctuated with fresh garlic and preserved lemon. After a brief stint in salted, boiling water, the sacchetti is tossed in a chilli-infused brown butter sauce and topped with crisp pea shoots. If you’re thinking “That sounds labor-intensive”, you are not wrong. But I have to tell you, these babies are well worth the effort. Plus, they freeze like a dream, so it pays to stock up.

Eggs, Pasta, Vegetarian

Ramp Bucatini with Crispy Fried Egg

May 16, 2024 No Comments

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Ramps are something special. These petite wild onions are pungent, garlicky, umami bombs. They have a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it season, a lengthy development stage, and are mostly foraged. All of this makes the ramp a rarity in the produce aisle. Perhaps their limited availability is what makes the fervor around these seasonal treats so intense. But I think their versatility, and well-rounded flavor are the true keys to their popularity. They are a rare gem, so in today’s Ramp Bucatini, they are the sole focus. Gently enhanced with butter, olive oil, and a dash of white wine, the ramps carry this recipe. This is a ramp appreciation dish, so let’s dig in!

Grains & Legumes, Salads, Vegetarian

Herby Rice Salad with Blood Oranges

April 19, 2024 No Comments

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Before we get too far into today’s recipe, I’m going to kick things off with a disclaimer. If you don’t like dill, you will not like this Herby Rice Salad. It’s hard to get away from the dill. The dill is pervasive. You can, of course, substitute the dill for another herb like chives or cilantro. But at that point, it’s kind of a whole other dish. What I’m trying to say is dill is central to this salad’s personality. So if you have beef with dill, feel free to peruse my extensive salad index instead. There are many alternatives there that are 100% dill-free. You can leave right now, I won’t be offended. Okay, now that it’s just us dill-lovers, let’s dig into this dreamboat of a salad.