Month: March 2019

I Won A Writing Award

I am the proud recipient of the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ Outstanding Food and Drink Article award, for my story “Black Nightshade and Bierocks,” published in the Fall/Winter 2018 issue of Oregon Humanities Magazine. View this post on Instagram Tl;dr: I WON A 

Bison-Okara Meatballs

View this post on Instagram How did I turn one measly pound of Nicky Farms ground bison into fourteen large meatballs? By cutting the meat by half with okara from Ota Tofu! After they extract all the soy milk, the pressed-out soy beans form a 

Venison Mole Guisado

Find my recipe at the Nicky USA blog.

Pickled Things

A couple of different easy pickles for Taco Tuesday (or any day). For the escabeche, pretty much all you do is fill a 1-gallon crock 3/4 full with sliced jalapeños, peeled/sliced carrots, quartered peeled shallots, and peeled smashed garlic cloves, then add a few bay