Recipes

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Tomato jam

(Not my) Tomato Jam

Not a fan of tomato jam? (Hey, it rhymed!) This recipe will change your mind. (uh, dare I point out..naaah) Seriously, though, this recipe from…

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Lemon chicken en papillote

Recipe: Lemon chicken en papillote

I love getting mail the old fashioned way—in envelopes. And I’m not referring to the bills and advertisements that fill my mailbox daily. I’m talking…

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Cherry tart

Tart Cherry – Cream Cheese Crumb Bars

Seven springs ago we planted a Montmorency tart cherry tree. Under the bare roots we laid our daughter’s placenta, and the tree grew. For the…

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Sweet potato soup

Sweet Potato-Red Lentil Stew

Maybe it’s just me, but rainy, brown days just don’t really evoke a holiday spirit. But soup does. I love nothing more than a piping…

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Baked yassa

Baked Yassa Chicken with Attieke and Caramelized onions

A West African inspired dish featuring steamed cassava flour, baked chicken in a mustard marinade, caramelized onions and tomatow/onion garnish. Oh, and hot sauce! Perfect…

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Peach and pecan salad

Peach-Pecan Salad with Blue Cheese

Well that was easy. Fresh summer peaches, Hook’s Little Ewe Calf Blue cheese, Spicy Pecans from NutKrack,  local greens, and a quick pickled red onion. …

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Quinoa bowl

Quinoa – Grilled Chicken Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Feta

(Quinoa haters, you have been warned.) I have had an amazing week! I got our CSA share from Butterbean Community Farm yesterday and proceeded to…

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Broccoli salad

Best Broccoli Salad

One Vegetable Wonder. That’s what I’m going to call this broccoli salad. Simple, delicious, and creamy with a hint of sweet and a bit of…

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Pasta dish

Pasta with Agretti and Garlic

Leave it to the Italians to make a vegetable sound sexy. When I spotted agretti at the Jones Valley Farm  stand at last weekend’s Dane…

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Violent blondie brownies

Violet Blondies

Celebrate Spring with these beautiful Blondie bars! Violet Birthday Bars Blondie Bars (recipe below) Frosting (recipe below) Violets Sprinkles Blondie Bars (from King Arthur Flour)…

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Prosciutto

Tyrolean Sausage Links Old and New (recipe included)

Originally published in Madison Magazine, April 2014 One bittersweet aspect of writing is that I don’t know who, if anyone, reads what I write. I…

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Plate of food

Restaurant Re-creation: Forequarter’s Sprouted Lentils with Fried Oyster Mushrooms, and Salted Lime Curd.

Every once in a while a dish I eat at a restaurant intrigues me so much I feel compelled to make it at home. Is…

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Bowl of curry

Warm Curry Potato Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette

Sometimes I want it all. Perhaps I am indecisive, or perhaps I am an overachiever. Or both. I want a clean house, time to work…

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Restaurant patrons dining at booth

Best Beef Stew

I make this about once a week in the winter, and it satisfies everyone! Be sure to scroll down for the How-To video! Ingredients:  3…

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West African Peanut Stew Recipe

This peanut stew recipe is my go-to and based on a recipe that I learned in Mali, West Africa. My kids LOVE this recipe and it's versatile.

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Chefs doing demonstration

Better with Beer

  Marc Stroobandt, master beer sommelier from Stella Artois, and chef Michael Feker from Il Mito in Milwaukee, quickly won over a large crowd during…

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