Low Sugar Plum Marmalade
Low sugar plum marmalade is something I love and it brings back so many memories. It has always been my favorite marmalade, and cooking it …
Roasted Tomato Sauce
Tomato time!!!! The season we have all been waiting for has arrived! Tomatoes roasted with olive oil, sea salt, smashed garlic cloves, fennel seeds, rosemary sprigs, …
Fresh Herbs, Storage & Handling
Fresh herbs, storage, and handling is not a recipe, it is more of an estimated guideline on how to store and use fresh vs dried …
Peach-Lavender Shrub and the Dog Days of Summer
Peach-lavender shrub, also known as drinking vinegar, is the perfect summer refresher. Usually mixed with cold or sparkling water, shrubs are the perfect drink mixer. …
Rahmkuchen aka Brûléed Yoghurt Cream Tart
What in the world is Rahmkuchen? There is nothing trendy about that recipe, it is just plain good old traditional baking at its best. A Rahmkuchen …
Cucumber Peel Ginger Limeade
The story of summer (if the summer ever shows up in Chicago) is told with a simple, refreshing cucumber peel ginger limeade and yes, adding Vodka …
Schupfnudeln, Summer Ratatouille, Sauce Verte
My Schupfnudel recipe was the second-place winner of the Idaho Potato competition. Schupfnudeln or finger noodles are another way of serving potatoes from the master …
Whipped Farmers Cheese, Aka Quark, Chia Seeds & Sweet Plum Compote
Whipped farmer’s cheese, chia seeds, and sweet plum compote are one of my favorite foods for breakfast or as a snack. Quark, as it’s called …
Pineapple Core Ginger Iced Tea
I LOVE fresh pineapple and enjoy pineapple grilled, baked, broiled, poached, roasted, sautéed, stir-fried, and in my pineapple ginger iced tea. That pretty much tells …
The Perfect Swiss Plum Tart, aka, Zwetgschenwähe
The perfect Swiss plum Tart, aka, Zwetgschenwähe is what I call a tradition over trend recipe. The first mentioning of a wähe in Switzerland was in …