Antique Blackberry Cream Pie

This recipe comes from the Neighborhood Cook Book, published in Portland, Oregon, in 1912. Find my recipe, updated to modern kitchens, at Oregon Raspberries & Blackberries.

She Broke Breakfast

Had a nice chat with Amanda Mull from The Atlantic about why Americans tend to only eat certain stuff for breakfast. Check it out!

Congee, Fully Loaded

Further adventures in “rice is totally breakfast:” ginger-scallion congee cooked in good homemade chicken broth with Vietnamese ham, poached backyard egg and bok choy, topped with shaved salt-cured duck egg, fried shallots, chile oil and cilantro. It’s somehow both calming and stimulating, and so satisfying. …

Shrimp & Grits

Or, “corngee.” I haven’t posted about it yet, but I’ve been on a bit of a jook kick lately! This one is kind of silly but makes perfect sense: it’s a mash-up of Lowcountry shrimp and grits with greens and Vietnamese-style congee (cháo). I cooked …

Yachaejeon

Fridge-clearing yachaejeon (vegetable pancake; center) made of gai lan, carrots, red bell pepper, zucchini, shimeji mushrooms, onions, and garlic chives (from the garden!) in a batter of flour and backyard eggs, seasoned with sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger and garlic. The rest of the stuff: …

How to Eat Breakfast Like a 17th Century Swedish Satanist

I wrote about the breakfast habits of 17-century witches for Extra Crispy, possibly giving the anti-grain contingent a bit of ammo in the process. St. Anthony’s Fire sounds fucking dreadful.

Quick Jook Can Happen

I made this by simmering leftover rice in chicken broth until the rice really softened up and topped it with whatever I had lying around. I personally like having the grains intact, but you could always go a bit longer if you prefer it more …

Cocoa-Banana Breakfast Bread

Why should breakfast bars and protein cookies get all the glory? These mini-loaves have all the joyful decadence of a chocolaty banana bread while packing 14 grams of protein and nearly a quarter of a day’s recommended calcium. Plus it’s fiber-rich and high in iron. …

Lemon Poppy Seed Tea Cake

There’s nothing as wonderful as citrus in the winter, is there? My recipe for this light and fragrant cake is after the jump, plus a variation to make an orange cake. Another tea cake! Lemon poppyseed, a pretty ordinary (but underappreciated) combo, improved by buttermilk …

Pear-Almond Tea Cake

Tea cakes continue to be my favorite cakes to bake, and here’s a really nice one. This is a pear-almond tea cake made with one very ripe, asymmetric pear from last week’s @imperfectproduce box and chopped roasted almonds, flavored with a spoonful of @clearcreekdistillery pear …