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Zucchini Muffins

March 26, 2020 by Elizabeth 2 Comments

As I write this, I am on day 10 of my quarantine. My feelings are wavering between incredulousness and boredom. But, I keep reminding myself it’s okay, maybe even good, to be bored. I’m doing myself and others a favor by staying indoors. Sam and I made a big shopping trip this morning, and I saw a pile of onions in the produce area. It’s been so long since I have seen an onion that I almost took a photo of it before remembering I shouldn’t touch my phone. I never thought in my lifetime I’d see something like this. But here we are.

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Potato, Kale, and Gruyere Tart

January 30, 2020 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

Naming recipes might be one of the hardest things about being a food blogger. It’s especially difficult when the recipe you’re trying to name has so many wonderful ingredients that you can’t possibly choose which one’s will be it’s namesake. Obviously potatoes will make an appearance in the name of this savory tart, but what about the blistered onions in the bottom layer of sautéed kale or the crunchy cornmeal crust that tastes like a sweet corn biscuit. How could I possibly not name the crispy gruyere layer on top that melts into the crispy tender potatoes to make the most satisfying scalloped potatoes? I can’t always name it all, but I settled on a final “Potato, Kale, and Gruyere Tart.” Simple, yet it won’t ever be enough to describe how delicious this tart really is.

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Persimmon Tart with Tender Cornmeal Crust

January 7, 2020 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

My husband once told me that he had eaten a persimmon straight from a tree, and I was insanely jealous. As a cook and food lover how had I never picked anything from a tree and eaten it, notwithstanding a persimmon? He was staying on a farm on one of the more rugged tours with his band, and they’d all picked persimmons. I asked him what a persimmon tasted like. What started out tasting like a tomato ended up, in his words, like “a mouthful of chalk.” Maybe he just got a bad persimmon, but it piqued my curiosity.

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Pumpkin Bread

October 15, 2019 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

Sweater weather is back, and so is my undying affection for all things pumpkin. There’s something really cozy about a pumpkin loaf, isn’t there? So far, my fall debut has consisted of reading mysteries on the couch with a cup of tea, taking baths with salts, and finding time to walk in nature. But also it’s consisted of lots of sweating during the day in my cutest fall sweaters. I tripled this recipe for pumpkin bread, and made three loaves. One for me, one for a neighbor, and another for a friend who’s having a rough week.

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