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Chocolate Ricotta Cake

February 10, 2019    |    Print Print
A yogurt cake recipe from Susan Herrmann-Loomis popped up on one of my feeds recently. At quick glance I had all of the ingredients on hand except the yogurt. I did however have homemade ricotta from another recipe. I got to wondering if I could substitute the yogurt for the ricotta with everything else being […]
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Classic Puff Pastry

February 4, 2015    |    Print Print
Don’t be dissuaded by anyone who tells you that it’s difficult to make puff pastry.  It takes basically two things – time: most of which is the dough chilling in the fridge and patience: the process cannot be rushed. Here’s the reason for not rushing it.  The butter needs to remain cold to stay within […]
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Eat WSK

November 25, 2012    |    Print Print
I’ve often fantasized about heading downtown during lunch to check out a food truck or three, including Sameh & Saed Wadi’s truck called, World Street Kitchen, aka WSK.  I’m afraid if I did, I’d be eating, for example, a Lemongrass Meatball Banh Mi on the light rail as I headed back south.   In other words, […]
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Pasta Dough for Ravioli

November 13, 2010    |    Print Print
Adapted from Thomas Keller’s “The French Laundry” One times the recipe makes about 15 – 2 ½ inch Ravioli 1 ¾ cups (8 oz) all-purpose flour 6 large egg yolks, room temperature 1 large egg, room temperature ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 ½ teaspoons olive oil 1 tablespoon milk Mound the flour on a board […]
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Basil, Basil, Everywhere!

November 15, 2009    |    Print Print
This past summer an on-line magazine by the name of Spezzatino contacted my good friend David about submitting recipes and photos for their magazine. This magazine, mind you, is not like others as all their profits go to help feed the hungry in North America via a food bank. David asked if I would be […]
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PastureLand brings back Meadowlark!

September 19, 2009    |    Print Print
Goodhue, MN – (September 18, 2009) – Following their success at the American Cheese Society’s August competition, and the announcement of two ribbons for their cultured, Summer Gold butters, PastureLand Cooperative announces the return of Meadowlark, a memorably hearty and buttery, cloth-wrapped cheddar. We originally introduced Meadowlark as part of the Eat Local Challenge in […]
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August Road Trip

September 1, 2008    |    Print Print
August is the perfect time of year for a road trip and that’s exactly what we found ourselves doing on a recent Saturday morning. We headed out early to southeastern Minnesota and to the duck farm of Liz and Christian Gasset. Upon our arrival we were greeted by a couple of family dogs and a […]
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