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Cheater’s Red Cabbage Sauerkraut

Cheater's Red Cabbage 'Kraut
January is always a “clean-eating” month for me, and as such, I have essentially been eating...

Working With Forcemeat: Not as Scary as It Sounds

Working With Forcemeat: Not as Scary as It Sounds
I’ll admit, I’m bit of a novice when it comes to charcuterie making. We all know...

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Jámon Serrano: The Most Expensive Cured Ham in the World

Jámon Serrano: The Most Expensive Cured Ham in the World
My great love and affection for charcuterie is no secret. In fact, I quite like telling...

Champagne: A Time for Celebrating

Champagne: A Time for Celebrating
The hallmark of fabulous celebrations and the essential component to a perfect toast, champagne is the...

Love It or Hate It: It’s Eggnog Season

Love It or Hate It: It's Eggnog Season
Don’t write it off just yet. Please, pretty please do not! Listen, I feel you; I...

Good Things Come to Those Who Cook With Quince

Good Things Come to Those Who Cook With Quince
“Fruits, like stocks and clothes, are ruled by the inscrutable laws of fashion. Quince may never...

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Meet Your New Favorite Fruit: Persimmons

Meet Your New Favorite Fruit: Persimmons
For whatever reason, we always associate fresh beautiful fruit with summer time: bright red strawberries, juicy...

What to Do With Pomegranates

What to Do With Pomegranates
I’ve eaten my fair share of strange-looking fruits: carambola, prickly pear, dragon fruit, Buddha’s hand to...

Ora King Salmon: A New Way of Premium, Sustainable, Salmon Farming

Ora King Salmon: A New Way of Premium, Sustainable, Salmon Farming
It’s a precarious position to be in: You want to buy salmon for dinner. You don’t...

Heilala Vanilla Syrup: A Shortcut Ingredient That Makes Everything Better

Heilala Vanilla Syrup: A Shortcut Ingredient That Makes Everything Better
When it comes to choosing your ingredients wisely, there is definitely something to be said for...

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Cinnamon: A Spice Cabinet Mainstay

Cinnamon: A Spice Cabinet Mainstay
Perhaps one of the most used spices this time of year, cinnamon is something with which...

Pumpkin Gets a Boozy Makeover

Pumpkin Gets a Boozy Makeover
In my mind, no other food is more notoriously indicative of the fall season than pumpkin....

Fall Means Apple Pies

Fall Means Apple Pies!
It’s all about the hand pies. Once fall hits, so do the boatloads of apples arriving...

Almond Butter: The Grown-Up Nut Butter

Almond Butter: The Grown-Up Nut Butter
Few other foods are universally liked and directly linked to our childhood as peanut butter. Who...

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Coconut Is Here to Stay

Coconut Is Here to Stay
Available dried, powdered, flaked, and creamed and as oil and “water,” coconut is another one of...

Gochujang: A Great Addition to Any Meal

Gochujang: A Great Addition to Any Meal
Repeat after me: “GO-CHOO-JONG.” Goooo-choo-jang. No, it’s not a kitschy card game enjoyed by the wiser,...

The Sultriest of Fruits: The Fig

The Sultriest of Fruits: The Fig
Not to go all biblical on you, but any fruit that makes it into the Bible...

Kaffir Lime Leaves: Where Have You Been All My Life?

Kaffir Lime Leaves: Where Have You Been All My Life?
I have a slightly embarrassing confession to make, folks. Before a month or so ago, I...

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Mostarda: Cheeseboard Royalty

Mostarda: Cheeseboard Royalty
In the last couple years, the quantity of cheese boards and charcuterie trays speckling Los Angeles...

Molasses Butter

Molasses Butter
Oftentimes the humblest, most overlooked ingredients in your pantry are the ones that can be the...