Entries from Postcards from the Trail tagged with 'cooking'

Healthy Bread

I've been subscribing to the blog of the authors of "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day". I've been making their recipe for a simple crusty bread for a while. They have a new book out - "Heathy Bread...

Ricotta Pancakes

Last weekend, I made Dutch Baby Pancakes. They were oh-so-good but I wanted to try another recipe for traditional pancakes. Some people call them hotcakes or flapjacks. I can not remember exactly what my Mother called them. I think...

Dutch Baby Pancakes

Fall has returned with a vengeance. Thursday night we had lightening and thunder along with heavy rain. Leaves have been flying horizontally across the yard in the strong winds. I just want to curl up with the heater. I...

Cranberry Apple Crisp

I was looking in the freezer the other day and noticed that I had two packages of frozen fresh cranberries. I froze them last year when we had the snow and were not able to have our friends over...

Dragonfruit

Several people commented about dragonfruit in my post on the Kuching market so I thought I'd talk a bit more about it. We've grown cactus so we were intrigued to find out that Dragonfruit is the fruit of a...

Tortillitas with Shrimp

One of my favorite food of Nice and Liguria is Socca. It is basically a crepe made of chickpea or garbanzo flour. Chez Teresa is well known vendor in Cours Saleya. I have fond memories of a warm September...

Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter, Sage and Pine Nuts

Fall is starting to be one of my favorite cooking season. I love squashes, nuts, soups and roasted dinners. It is also a great time for vegetarian cooking. I forgot last week's Presto Pasta Night. This week Chef Melissa of...

Linguine with Clams in Spicy Pernod Sauce

The harvest is almost done here in the Pacific Northwest. G harvested all the tomatoes last week and has them boxed downstairs. He has devised a system to ripen the tomatoes by putting wrapping them in newspaper, storing them...