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Farro e Fagioli (with Beets)

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:00:44 +0000

This is a soup to crave, which is quite unfortunate because it's not a soup that you can make with a moments thought. First you have to soak beans overnight, two nights if you are being particularly good. You also have to soak the farro for many hours, although since you are already soaking the beans, that's the least of the worries. Then, you still have to cook the beans for up to 3 hours until they are butter soft (undercooked beans just will not do).

Fall on the Floor Adorable

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:36:20 +0000

The Small Object has the cutest rubber stamps I’ve ever seen. You just can’t help but squeal. Copyright © 2010 Cook & Eat. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at may be guilty of copyright infringement.Plugin [...]

Raclette Mac & Cheese

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:43:57 +0000

My first taste of raclette was in the small town of Chamonix that lies in the shadow of Mont Blanc. Cameron and I were there for our honeymoon where we spent plenty of full days skiing. And by a full day of skiing, I mean ski a run or two and then head to one of the amazing little restaurants tucked into the mountain where we'd fill ourselves with hearty ham and vegetable soups and cassolet, fresh breads and cheeses, and of course un petit pichet de vin and then slowly roll our way down the hill back to our hotel. A nap usually followed, and by then, we'd have at least a tiny space in our bellies ready for dinner. Just enough, say, for a shared raclette for dinner. Yes. That's right. We ate cheese for dinner. And it was fantastic.

Herman Yu Design Cards

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:00:18 +0000

This week, I’m doing some non-food still life work, and these beautiful cards by Herman Yu Design are part of the shoot. It’s hard to see the texture, but they are lovely and delicate. Copyright © 2010 Cook & Eat. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading [...]

Nothing New Muffins

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:25:10 +0000

There is nothing new here today. I'd love to give you a recipe that I haven't given you before, but I'm afraid I can't. My grand ideas of trying something new last week failed and I decided to stick with a good old favorite. Muffins, nice and easy. Because when isn't a good time for a muffin?

The Italian Farmer’s Table

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:11:23 +0000

The summer we went to Italy, Cam & I came home with dreams of packing up and finding some little Italian cottage to call home. I'd meet local food artisans and do what I do... write and photograph about the food and culture. I'd write a cookbook on traditional Italian cookery that went much deeper into regional dishes than most Italian cookbooks do. Of course, that's far easier to dream about than actually do, so here I still sit in Seattle, longingly flipping through The Italian Farmer's Table cookbook, written by a a pair of chefs who turned their dream into a book of real Italian cooking.

Mini pitchers

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:02:12 +0000

Lovely little cream pitchers at Fey Handmande. I love the touch of color on the inside. In fact, I really love almost everything from Portland’s Pigeon Toe Ceramic’s studio. Copyright © 2010 Cook & Eat. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you [...]

Jain Monk Bowls

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:13:54 +0000

I can’t quite get over the irony of CB2 selling these Jain Monk bowls, which they explain: “The white-robed monks renounce all worldly possessions, owning only these bowls. In a journey of humility, the monks travel on foot with only their bowls seeking followers who fill them with food.” But you can get them online for $250 [...]

Specialty Glass Bottles

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:51:02 +0000

Specialty Bottle has all sorts of great bottles for homemade infusions, something I plan on doing quite a bit this coming year. Copyright © 2010 Cook & Eat. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at may [...]

Season’s Greetings

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:56:08 +0000

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