Making food in the garage actually hasn't been that difficult. I can't make anything that has to simmer for a long period of time (I'll run out of propane) or go into an oven larger than the toaster oven, but other than that, it's been working. I made one of ...

I came home one afternoon to a 15 pound whole salmon in my fridge. It wasn't entirely a surprise or anything. A friend's dad is a commercial fisherman and he said he'd get me a fish. I don't think I fully comprehended how big this fish would be but it ...

Everyone's reaction to me telling them I'm remodeling my kitchen is first, "FINALLY!" and second, "Where are you cooking? When we remodeled our kitchen it was a lot of microwaving." No way! Not for me! Pasta and broccolini boiled on my camp stove...garlic sauteed and pine nuts browned on the ...

If you've never rolled your own sushi, WHY NOT!? So what if it's ugly. So what if it falls apart. It's fun and so much cheaper. One of my son's favorite books when he was a baby was First Book of Sushi. Every time he orders ikura, one of the ...

I am sick of all the energy-protein-insta-food bars being sweet! Clif Bar used to have a curry-cashew Mojo bar and they stopped making it. I was sad. I decided to try to make something like it myself. Preheat oven to 350°. All the measurements are by weight: 4oz barley flakes ...

If you haven't noticed, I've been on a bit of a braising kick. Maybe it's because my Le Creuset French Oven doesn't fit in my cabinet so it's always staring at me from the stove top, beckoning to be filled with something yummy. I didn't have hours to let something ...

I made this soup a couple of month ago for a Soup Night gathering at my house. I had vegetarian friends coming so I simmered veggies in water all morning to make really flavorful stock for the soup. I had some dried cranberry beans from the farmers market in the ...

I got an email from my fishmonger that they were going to have smelt at the Farmer's Market. I was bummed, I couldn't get to the farmer's market that day. But, luckily, my local grocery fish counter gets fish from the same bay and they had it too! I can't ...

My CSA farm this year is Fogline Farm. We went there last year for an Outstanding in the Field dinner, had the honor of sitting with the farmers at dinner and decided we'd join their CSA next. I've been hopping from farm to farm each year, trying out all the ...

After writing this up, I discovered I already put this recipe up but I'd used fish! Well, I changed it very slightly but I guess that means I really like this one! 4 rehydrated ancho chiles (save the liquid) 1 small yellow onion 3 cloves garlic 2 T white wine ...