I love mushrooms. I love their unique flavor and texture, and even how they are grown.Recently, I discovered that my favorite Asian grocery store is carrying some amazing Japanese-variety mushrooms – King Trumpet (AKA King Oyster), white and brown beech (AKA Shimeji – pictured below), and Maitake mushrooms. And, I’ve been eating them like crazy ever…
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13 Flavors (including Mayan Chocolate) of Larabar-like Fruit and Nut Bars
Mayan chocolate is probably best known as a delicious, hot, and frothy drink made with ground cacao beans and corn meal and spiced with chiles and cinnamon. This rich but bitter drink – called xocolatl – has been around for thousands of years, and only became a sweet treat in the 1700s in Europe. These…
Persimmons: Adding color to wintery days
It’s been unseasonably warm in Salt Lake so far this winter…I was able to go out without so much as a sweater until this week. The snow fall has me yearning for a summery day. Until that day comes, in-season pomegranates and persimmons are the perfect way to punctuate my days with color. We do have native…
How to Roast Hatch Green Chiles
It was a bittersweet weekend around our household. We lost a dear furry friend, but also spent days surrounded by loving friends and family – much of that time was spent cooking and eating. Food is comfort. Food is love. And, preparing food is therapy. So I got my hands dirty cleaning sweated Hatch chiles…