Well, it’s been a while since I’ve taken you on a little trip up to the Comfort Food Diner, but I made up a little concoction this week I just have to share. I suggest here that my vegetarian and vegan friends go for a… Read More
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Soup from dried wild mushrooms
Most of the regular readers of this blog know that over the past few years I’ve become a mushroom hunter. When mushrooms are fruiting well, I’ll often collect quite a number of them and then dry them in a dehydrator to eat later. From time… Read More
Paska Time
Each Easter we make paska, or Easter bread. We don’t get too fancy about all the decorative braiding that some people do, but we make some rockin’ good bread every year. We bake the loaves in coffee cans and we make plenty so we can… Read More
At the Comfort Food Diner
The salad is romaine with slivers of red onion, seedless clementines, cut into pieces, and toasted walnuts. The dressing is walnut oil, lime juice, a half-teaspoon of an exotic lime mustard and a pinch of sugar. The omelettes are made with two eggs and filled… Read More
Frittatas (The Comfort Food Diner)
I made a most delicious frittata last night. I started by heating some good olive oil in my trusty cast iron pan, added a shallot, some onion, a zucchini, and some mushrooms, frying them together with a little smoked paprika, salt and pepper. I broke… Read More
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The Braise It wouldn’t be a comfort food diner if there wasn’t a braise on the menu at all times. Although you can braise vegetables (braised cabbage for instance is fantastic), braising usually refers to cooking meat, in particular tough cuts of meat. The method… Read More
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Tuffy P’s Kitchen Sink Salad Tuffy P has in my mind revolutionized the salad. We call it her kitchen sink salad because she adds everything but the kitchen sink to it. She starts with romaine hearts, cut up with scissors. Add lots and lots of… Read More
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Pizza Many Ways Sometimes nothing will do but pizza. Of course there is the pizza that magically appears on your doorstep when you call that special number. In my area we have a place that’s so fast I hardly put the phone down and buddy… Read More
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Pierogi Two Ways This is the first in a series of posts I have planned called The Comfort Food Diner. Come on in. There’s a table waiting for you. I’ll get you a beer. Today we’re serving up pierogi, two ways. I say two ways… Read More
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