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.
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Rigatoni Bolognese
Fresh rigatoni from @providorepdx smothered in Sunday gravy, meaty af thanks to plenty of @nicky.usa steak grind (trim from 35-day aged, grass-fed @creekstone_farms steaks). Homegrown tomatoes; tons of garlic, shallots, and red wine; fresh thyme and oregano from the garden. 🥩 🍝 🥩 🍝#meatconcierge #bolognese …
Berries: A Global History
My latest book is now available, and I really hope you’ll read it!
“Berries are our food, our drink, our medicine; they get us high, they tell our lore, they underscore our social identities. Though they be diminutive and endearingly sweet, they should not be underestimated. There is no denying that berries have a magical hold on humans.”
Fun berry facts:
- Blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries aren’t true berries at all, but bananas, oranges, cucumbers, and eggplants are.
- Wiccans believe that elderberries grant invisibility and second sight; that they cure the bites of mad dogs; and that they give the user eternal youth.
- In 1973 the world’s first flavored lip gloss, Bonne Belle’s Lip Smackers, was introduced to American markets with a strawberry flavor.
- When she wasn’t discovering radioactive elements and winning Nobel Prizes, physicist and chemist Marie Curie evidently perfected her gooseberry jelly recipe in 1898 – just one month after discovering polonium.
- The prototype for the Frisbee came from a blueberry pie tin in the late 1930s.
- A French brewers’ guide published in 1828 offers instructions on brewing Bière framboisée dite bière des dames, or roughly, ‘Raspberry Beer, Known as Ladies’ Beer’.
Look for Berries at your local bookseller’s, or right here:
Chocolate Easter Bunny
Chocolate Easter bunny: Nicky Farms rabbit braised in mole poblano made with guajillo and ancho chiles, raisins, pumpkin and sesame seeds, cinnamon, cumin, homemade orange bitters, palm sugar, plus a goodly amount of homemade almond Nutella and @theochocolate. Served with orca beans and tomato rice, …
Split Pea with Springtime
Split mung bean and pea soup with bacon, caramelized parsnip and leeks; topped with crème fraîche, shaved salt-cured duck egg yolk, and a pistou of Thai basil, cilantro, mint, dill, garlic chives, and Meyer lemon. The peas are split and fresh (English). Eat the season! …
Shepherd’s Pie
I’m not Irish, so the beerbro amateur hour dreckfest that is St Patrick’s Day has never really meant anything to me other than another fine excuse to make shepherd’s pie. Here’s an outstanding iteration: a rich ragu of ground Anderson Ranches lamb (raised right here …
Cheesy Cauliflower Chowder
The weather is all sideways and tempestuous out there today, so here’s a lovely bowl of cauliflower-cheese chowder with lots of mustard powder for bite. The cauliflower is one of those gorgeous turmeric-yellow numbers, and I added a little minced jalapeño for fun. 🧀 🍲 …
If You Ain’t Blue, Then You Ain’t Tru
What’s the deal with blue raspberry, anyway? I talk all about it in my latest piece for TASTE.
Lamb Shank Ragu with Lemon-Ricotta Semolina Gnocchi
Over the weekend I braised Anderson Ranches lamb shanks in the velvety Turkish coffee stout that @gilgameshbrewing and @nicky.usa made with @shalomyallpdx. The only problem was that no matter how delicious and succulent that meat was, braised shanks suffer from Brown Food Problems (scroll over …