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Category Archives: appetizers

Asparagus Tempura and Sriracha Mayonnaise

I inherited a 30′ x 2′ asparagus bed. It’s hopelessly, ridiculously weedy, so it doesn’t produce as much as you might think. But it does produce a lot–my family of four can have asparagus with dinner every night for six weeks. That is, if everyone in the family would actually eat it. I love it […]

Posted 22 May 2013 | appetizers   asparagus   condiments   seasonal   Vegetables | Comments (3) Tagged: , , , ,

Salami!

As a blogger, I get frequent emails to try out one product or another. My rule is to turn them down unless it is something I’d consider buying myself. This means I turn down most of them. But when I was approached by Lori Fredrich of the famed Milwaukee blog Burp to sample and develop two […]

Posted 11 April 2013 | appetizers   sandwiches   vegetarian | Comments Off on Salami! Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Local Specialty: Rush Creek Reserve

  Uplands Cheese Company, out of Dodgeville, WI is the result of two families and farms harmonizing–coming together to do something unique and special amid today’s giant factory farms. The Gingrich’s and the Patenaude’s house a dairy farm and creamery on Pleasant Ridge in the striking, undulating driftless region of Wisconsin. The two types of […]

Posted 04 January 2013 | appetizers   snacks   winter holiday | Comments Off on Local Specialty: Rush Creek Reserve Tagged: , , , , , ,

Fried Green Tomatoes

It’s officially over–tank tops and shorts have been replaced with jeans and a sweater. I’m drinking hot tea instead of lemon and mint-spiked ice water. The ice cream machine is at the back of the cupboard–but there’s a plum crisp in the oven. But I think I can squeeze in one last summer recipe. As […]

Posted 30 September 2012 | appetizers   comfort food   gardening   Vegetables   vegetarian | Comments (2)

How does your garden grow?

Come August, if you want a little of this action, it’s time to start planting (or at least planning.) I could go on and on about the virtues of planting and harvesting your own food – it’s the ultimate way to go local. The food is a few feet and minutes away from your mouth […]

Posted 13 April 2010 | appetizers   condiments   gardening   salad and salad dressings | Comments (4) Tagged: , , , , , ,