Blackberry Semifreddo

What’s easier than ice cream, classier than a popsicle? The Italian frozen mousse known as semifreddo. Find my recipe at the Oregon Blackberry and Raspberry Commission website.

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.

Cottage Cheese Dumplings with Ham and Fava Puree

View this post on Instagram I had a nice, big hunk of @nueskes ham (picked up for a ✨song✨ at a @nicky.usa fire sale, leftover from Easter dinner), so I diced it up and tossed it in hot bacon fat with some cottage cheese dumplings …

Naan Without a Recipe

(But I kind of wrote one anyway.) View this post on Instagram I’ve finally leveled up enough as a baker that I can throw together a naan or pita dough without a recipe, just on instinct and touch, and have warm flatbread in about a …

Broccoli Improves All Things

View this post on Instagram Grilled cheese and broccoli with tomato soup: a classic with a tiny twist. Ever since reading @tylerkord’s pivotal “A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches” I’ve begun to see broccoli in an entirely new light. 🥦 🥪 🧀 🥫 This little …

A Collation of Indian Foods

I made saag paneer completely from scratch and it is so much better than anything I’ve had in restaurants (a testament to the overall lack of great Indian food in Portland more than my cooking prowess, but freshness goes a long way). The boar korma …

Toasted Cheese and Tomato Soup

This is why I grow and can so many tomatoes: to improve my cheese toast intake.   When you receive a gift of homemade cheese bread, there are worse things you could do than melting even more cheese on it to dip into heirloom tomato …

Cheese Toast & Tomato Soup

When you receive a gift of homemade cheese bread, there are worse things you could do than melting even more cheese on it to dip into heirloom tomato soup. 🧀 🍞 🧀 🍞#lunch #comfortfood #grilledcheese #bread #gluten #cheese #tomatoes #homecooking #winter #food52 #foodgawker #foodstagram #instafood …

Wild Mushroom Rarebit

One of my Facebook friends asked (in a tone I didn’t care for) “Why do folk insist on calling it ‘rarebit?’ It’s ‘rabbit.’ Mock rabbit, pointing out that the Welsh couldn’t be expected to have actual rabbit. Tons of cultural history in the word. ‘Rarebit’ …

Broccoli-Sausage Mac & Cheese

The boy wanted mac + chee for lunch, so I obliged: this time with the addition of kristianskaya sausage (v close to kielbasa), broccoli, and various nubbins of Swedish cheese from @ikeausa. It's like Milwaukee in a bowl, this. #macandcheese #lunch ? ? ? ? …