Canning Salsa

Last weekend I decided to do the canning thing right – and traveled North to Pennsylvania to practice the art of food preservation with my aunt and cousins.  My aunt, of course, is the real expert when it comes to canning.  She grew up canning under the watchful eye of my Mennonite farm- wife grandmother. [...]

Spicy Tomato Chutney

A quick glance at this blog is enough to indicate that I’ve been into two things this summer – food preservation and Indian cuisine.  I guess this makes sense seeing as I’ve just returned from a year in India and, for the first time in my life, have enough time on my hands to mess [...]

More With Less Pancakes

I know Bisquick doesn’t cost that much, but it doesn’t save you much time either.   It is, in fact, pretty easy to make your own pancake mix.  Homemade pancake mix is just as convenient when you need to whip up breakfast in the morning and it produces a much tastier pancake. I like to [...]

Indian Inspired Potatoes and Kale

I once used a lot of “curry powder” in my kitchen.  That was before I went to India and discovered that no self respecting Indian cook uses it – or even knows what it is.  While I was there, my Indian housemate nearly busted a gut laughing at my attempt to locate curry powder in [...]

Roast Chicken with Mustard

The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken. Bon appétit. – Julia Child. Like every other amateur foodie in the United States, I went to see Julie & Julia recently.  We went to an afternoon show, which meant we then had an [...]