Author Archives: jacqueline
heirlooms are back…and so am i!
i haven’t been posting much lately, not because i haven’t been cooking – i’ve been cooking like crazy. and not because i’m not taking pictures – i finally figured out how to use my other lens and these summer hours lend me many more hours of favorable light. and not because i don’t have recipes [...]
mixed stone fruit salsa
we are at the very peak of stone fruit season. apricots have been around for a while, peaches are just now getting good and cherries are the sweetest they can be right this very second! for these few weeks of the year we can see nectarines, pluots, and apriums next to white, yellow and doughnut [...]
Posted in sauce, snack Tagged aprium, basil, chips, peach, pluot, salsa, stone fruit, tortilla chips 8 Comments
sweet baked broccoli
when i posted about baked broccoli here before, i guaranteed that baking is the best way to cook broccoli. it yields soft, tender stems and crunchy, flavorful florets. and they are easy to toss in some olive oil and a few seasonings before roasting for less than a half an hour. even better than the [...]
fresh coconut curry – and how to make homemade coconut milk
i have been working at juice bars for over 2 years now where we make fresh coconut milk daily. its a tasty treat that isn’t too hard to whip up, just takes the confidence to swing around knives large enough to crack open the young thai coconut’s shell. at one place i worked they required [...]
Posted in entree Tagged basil, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, coconut, coconut milk, curry, green beans, milk substitute, mushrooms, portobello mushroom, purple cabbage 5 Comments
simple green garlic soup
when people see green garlic for the first time they usually seem so perplexed, asking things like, “what do i do with it?” well it’s not too much different than regular garlic, in fact if you chop off the top and let it dry it will become the dry garlic you find in the grocery [...]
in season: english peas, green garlic, spring onions, stone fruit and summer squash!
i’m so sorry i’ve been away from the blog for so long. after a very merry birthday, a bout of illness and some technical difficulties, cooking has been the last thing on my mind for the past few weeks. it didn’t help that the produce at the market for the last few months has been [...]
Posted in tips Tagged aprium, cherries, english peas, green garlic, in season, organic, peach, peas, spring onion, squash, summer squash, zucchini 2 Comments
baby potato salad
every year growing up my family would dye hard boiled eggs a few days before easter, then on sunday my mom would crack open all the remaining ones to mash them up in a big bowl of colorful potato salad. nowadays i take my potato salad eggless and mayoless (unless it’s vegenaise), but that doesn’t [...]
almond and dark chocolate chunk ice cream
ever since i got an ice cream maker i have played around with different ice cream recipes. the problem is the milk substitutes i was using are so much thinner than cream, they never thicken up in the machine, so they froze into a solid block in the freezer. the beauty of this recipe is [...]
asian-inspired risotto
i recently experienced a bit of a culinary adventure when i volunteered to bar tend a private dinner party for a personal chef friend of mine. among learning how to make a martini on the fly and tasting fresh black truffles for the first time, i got an invaluable little tip from someone who actually [...]
Posted in entree Tagged asian-inspired, brown rice, cashew, cream, cream substitute, nori, riscotto, seaweed 1 Comment
rustic heirloom tomato salad