Adventures in cooking and baking.
Steamed salmon served on a bed of fennel cooked with shallots, fennel seeds, and vegetable stock and then topped with an amazing buttery and lemony sauce also made with fennel.
If you've never tried steaming fish, this steamed salmon with fennel recipe will convince you that this method is pretty foolproof.
Pan de cristal is an amazing bread made with 100 percent hydration dough. It has roots in Catalonia, Spain, where it was developed about fifteen years ago.
This bread comes with a shatteringly crisp and delicate crust (like glass) and a super airy crumb. In fact, when you slice it, the crumbs from the crust scatter all over your cutting board.
Colcannon is a traditional Irish mashed potato dish, typically made with kale, cabbage, leeks, or assorted chopped greens, along with butter and milk.
This version of colcannon is loaded with kale, but still totally tastes like mashed potatoes. It's a great way to get a serving of leafy greens in your favorite comfort food.
Belfast Baps are large white bread rolls with origins in Northern Ireland. They are fluffy on the inside and crusty on the outside.
These Belfast Baps, with their thin and crunchy crust and soft and fluffy interior are so easy to make and will introduce you to a little bit of Belfast culture.
This Little Green Dress Sauce, made with so many lovely green ingredients, will make any dish more delicious.
This Little Green Dress Sauce, with its combination of flavorful salty and herby ingredients, is sort of like a chimichurri sauce, and includes lots of parsley and fresh mint, yet it is a bit more briny because it includes olives and capers.
This Gin and Celery Tonic is as about refreshing as cocktail can be. The green color is so appealing and it makes you feel like consuming a cocktail is almost healthy.
This celery tonic lends itself perfectly to the herbal notes of gin. I'd suggest a botanical gin such as Hendrick's or St. George's, but any herbal or London dry gin will do. If you like gin, this cocktail will make you very happy. And if you think you don't care for gin, maybe you should give it another chance!
This corned beef hash makes an amazing hearty breakfast as well as the best "breakfast for dinner" meal.
Corned beef hash has always been one of those meals I've only ordered in restaurants when we've gone out for breakfast. At this point, I'm not sure why, because this corned beef hash, with Yukon Gold potatoes and chiles is totally "the bomb."
