Tag Archives: smoked garlic

Homemade mustard – easy to make and suited to you!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Mustard is one of those amazing condiments that can be switched up and adapted to your personal tastes and favorite flavors. Maybe you like a sweet honey mustard. Maybe you prefer a spicy pepper or horseradish. Maybe you’d rather have … Continue reading →

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Plum Crazy Part II — “Kitchen Sink” Recipes: Christmas Chutney and Smoky Plum BBQ Sauce

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

Some of my best dishes haven’t been recipes at all… they’ve been what my Grandma Verla calls “kitchen sink” recipes, as in that you use everything but the kitchen sink, and use up that half-bag of whatnot in the cupboard … Continue reading →

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Plum Crazy, Part I — I still have all these oranges

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

I am lucky enough to live in San Diego, and to have a lot of friends with fruit trees. Really, most things grow well around here if you try hard enough, but even a tree that is neglected most of the … Continue reading →

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I call them “gooey flavor bullets”

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

One of my favorite recipes, and the easiest way to infuse insane flavor into a myriad of dishes, is roasted garlic. [Is it even a "recipe" if it's one ingredient? Ah well.] A whole head of garlic, coated in olive oil and … Continue reading →

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