Lynn

Ann posted a recipe she made from her book Hand’s Off Cooking yesterday, an entry in Amber’s Kerrygold Irish inspired challenge.  Joining in on the fun (and secretly thinking all that Kerrygold cheese and butter could be lots of fun to have in my fridge) I decided on shaking up the traditional Irish stew....

Four and a half years ago I was introduced to the Meyer lemon.  Their lower acid and sweeter juice spoke to my sweet tooth.  This year I’ve taken on making them into marmalade. After I met Meyer lemons, the former Sacramento area “Hidden Kitchen” shared their homemade Crema di (Meyer)Limoncello and Meyer lemon vinaigrette...

Ever flip through a cookbook and find lots of things you’d like to make?  Or a magazine?  Or a blog?  I found chermoula doing this, a North African marinade and sauce. Chermoula is similar to a pesto in that it comes in lots of varieties- Ann just shared her spinach pesto recipe.  It’s pungent...

Please welcome guest writer John Schmidt, a now friend who I met at Whole Foods Market.  He is crazy about beer, an aficionado who is gearing up for the next several days of events. Many of you who know me know the passion I have for keeping it local (meaning ‘close to home,’ not...

Ray Yamamoto isn’t a celebrity chef, nor does he own a restaurant.  As a child he dreamed of learning to cook French food and becoming a chef.  While his parents, second generation Japanese Americans who moved back to Japan after the war wanted him to go to college, Ray had the cooking bug. “It’s...

Multiple varieties of orange trees are everywhere in Sacramento.  You see trees filled to capacity and oranges rotting on the ground.  With all this abundance, I decided to take advantage of them and master making marmalade. While I’ve not been a huge fan of marmalade, it’s beautiful stuff and a nice gift for marmalade...

The Sierra 2 Center located in Curtis Park (2791 24th St. in Sacramento) is hosting the non-profit, Save the American River Association (SARA) Friday February 2, kicking off their 2011 season.  SARA was founded in 1961 to create, fund and maintain the American River Parkway.  SARA is supporting the effort to rescue our entire...

Toast was the last selection of my book club.  I probably would not have read it on my own but ended up loving it, as well as all others in the group. The book is British food writer and journalist Nigel Slater’s story moving from mid-childhood to mid-adolescence told through food.  He only gives...

If you are a mushroom lover, Chanterelle chips are something you’ve got to try.  I follow Sacramento area food forager Hank Shaw who discussed these, as well as other options for chanterelles in a post on his blog Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Chanterelle’s were on sale at Corti Bros and Whole Foods Market in...

If you are looking for something fun to do tomorrow evening, December 12, head on over to the Verve Gallery in Sacramento.  Midtown Monthly Associate Editor Becky Grunewald is hosting two short films: Possum Living and Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers. Be sure to dress warm and cozy! Share this on Blinklist...