Getting on a Roll
22 November 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Thanksgiving Breakfast complete with Cottage Cream and KBJ's Cranberries is such gorgeous food--as delicious as it is healthy and affordable.
Indeed, that's what measure free cooking is all about. But a cookbook without measurements and prescriptive rote directions is so unprecedented that people tend can get wrapped up in the ...
Posted in Breakfasts, Fall, Family, Friends, & Love, Fruit, Getting on a Roll, Holidays, Innocent Sweets, Measurefree Cooking, Scratch Cooking, Seasonal, The Cook Counts To, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
26 October 2008 by
Jean Johnson
As usual, it's what you put on your foundation that makes or breaks a meal. Buried under all the Gorgonzola and toasted walnuts are nothing more than beets, garbs, and beet greens plus Swiss chard. Here's how it all worked.
My first catering job appeared last week, so I turned to ...
Posted in Beans, Cheese, Fall, Flavor, Getting on a Roll, Lunches, Salads, Seasonal, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter | 1 Comment »
1 November 2007 by
Jean Johnson
I can't help thinking of Ruby--the little dust mop kerin terrier who lives next door--when I work with pomegranates.
Indeed, once the glistening ruby red seeds are freed from their leathery husks, they do as much to garnish soup, cereal, or warm salad as little Ruby-do does to dazzle her doting ...
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27 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
Gary and Argelis are here again putting the finishing touches on their second CD. They were running late for their recording session so I fixed them a bento box of sorts to go. Fresh figs from my tree, Florence, and these quinoa poppers that were such a hit Argelis called ...
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1 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
I'm half Norwegian, and we love cold salmon and cucumbers. Still, when fall starts to bluster, there's nothing like chowder.I made the one pictured just for myself out of fish left over from roasted salmon.
Salmon Chowder
Cooking Beyond Measure, p. 108
This takes all of five minutes if you have some roasted ...
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23 September 2007 by
Jean Johnson
Cucumbers have about lost their appeal this time of year when the winter squashes are starting to appear. It's the same with raw tomatoes. The temperatures are dropping, and we want food with a bit of warmth to it. That said the cukes and tomatoes are still around and need ...
Posted in Dinner, Fall, Getting on a Roll, Lunches, Salads, Seasonal, Summer, Ultrafast, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian | Add a Comment »
8 September 2007 by
Jean Johnson
If you are trying to kick the white crystal--as in sugar--you'll find all the jammy goodness a sweets junkie could want in roasted Italian prune plums.
Like the tomatoes and summer squashes in the previous post, I did my plums on 300 degrees in an oiled pan for a couple hours.
They ...
Posted in Fall, Fruit, Getting on a Roll, Innocent Sweets, Putting Up Food, Roasting Fruits and Vegetables | 1 Comment »
4 September 2007 by
Jean Johnson
I confess. Since my husband and I divorced, I've spent more than one holiday on my ownsome in the company of less than inspired food. But this Labor Weekend, Laura my gardener--and cooking--pal included me at her family's table. She did wild Alaskan salmon and yellow pan patty squash with ...
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