Archive | Appetizers

30 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

I’ll Try Anything Once: Jujube

I’ll Try Anything Once: Jujube

Nearly every weekend at the Farmer’s Market, we encounter some food we have never tried (or often never heard of). I decided aReasonToCook.com is the perfect excuse for me to explore these food mysteries. This past weekend, we came across a small display, with a hand-written sign offering “Jujube $3.00/lb.”
In response to our inquiry, the [...]

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25 August 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Cauliflower and Potato Soup with Cilantro

Cauliflower and Potato Soup with Cilantro

This was the very first dish I prepared for Chelsea, after committing myself to becoming a decent cook for the both of us. It comes from an AMAZING book Chelsea got for me (which I highly recommend):  Fresh From The Farmer’s Market by Janet Fletcher (pictured at left).
Chelsea got my copy at her favorite store, [...]

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23 August 2009 ~ 1 Comment

White Bean Cassoulet

White Bean Cassoulet

For my inaugural post, I want to thank my friend Lysa Goodman Poore for this intriguing dish. Lysa “got the recipe (in part) from a vegan website called What the Hell Does a Vegan Eat Anyway?” adding that she doesn’t “make it precisely the way they recommend, and I leave out the hickory-smoked tofu and [...]

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