During very wintery February, Kari and Herb gave us a peek into their well-cultured enterprises with the first installment of Messin’ Up the Kitchen With…. Schizophrenic Cleveland weather aside, the calendar now says “SPRING”, which triggers thoughts of fresh, green, planting, and the sweet vegetable garden in my friend Jessica’s backyard.
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes
March 29, 2010 – 11:03 am
Perhaps the finest reason of all for roasting a fresh duck is the reward of the accumulation of unctuous, silken, flavorful fat rendered by the cooking process.
Coconut Cake with Chocolate Chunks and Coconut Drizzle
March 21, 2010 – 9:42 am
Coconut. Chocolate. Drizzle. Those three words of sweet promise grabbed you by the tastebuds and pulled you in – right? They did for me as I’ve had my eye on this recipe culled from Bon Appetit’s January ’10 issue since the end of December and I’m not interested in protracting the temptation one moment longer.
Sunday Duck
March 16, 2010 – 6:22 am
An easy Sunday celebration of local bounty: slow-roasted fresh duck from Plum Creek Farm. Rubbed with sea salt, lazily glazed with a dulcet slick of Ohio Honey, and left to roast at 325. Basted, when I entertained the notion, and “done”, when my eyes, nose and fingers told me so. Simple.
Warm up With a Spicy Dish, Hot Flow and a Cleveland Yoga giveaway!
March 5, 2010 – 9:41 am
Returning to the brutal cold and snow of my Motherland, Cleveland, after spending a lazy sunkissed week in the Mexican Yucatan was just plain old rude re-entry for this self-proclaimed freeze baby. Brrrrr. One snow angel at the first deep snowfall and I am DONE. Once home, I dropped the backpack that carried floaty little [...]
