I recently wrote an article on a greener kitchen. One of the tips I gave was to save the scraps of food you would normally throw away. I save bones, carrot peelings, onion peels and ends, celery ends, carrot stems and tops and parsley stems. They all go into a freezer bag that I add […]
Pears are just fucking sexy. They’re not even close to being my favorite fruit but oh, how I love their shape. There’s something about them that screams romantic, they ooze with sex appeal. Maybe it’s because, its a womanly shape? I used to be a pear shape (now I’m more of an apple…not quite as […]
If you think pork chops are mundane than you have another think coming to you. Hands down these are the best pork chops I have personally ever had. The bourbon molasses glaze, the parsnip puree and the cran-apple compote, sigh. So perfect. There are several components to this dish but you can easily make the […]
My sweet friend Trina, loves this recipe. So much so that she has asked me for it at least four times. Each time she swears it’ll be the last but then it’s lost in cyber/text world. It’s actually been a couple of years since I’ve made this salad, kind of forgot about it actually (that’s […]
One taste of skyr and I was hopelessly in love! Haven’t heard of it? It’s kind of an Icelandic yogurt. Except it’s not really yogurt, it’s more of a super creamy soft cheese with a tangy taste that is, well, very yogurt-y in flavor. Skyr has been a food in Iceland since it’s occupation by […]
I really, really, really, want to love beets. They are one of the most beautiful vegetables to serve. They are easy to grow and they are nutritious too. Mostly they just taste like dirt to me. I know, I should call them earthy tasting, dirt is not appetizing. That’s my reality though. I think my […]
Summer time and Moscow Mules are made for each other! When Jessica from Moscow Muled (Moscow Mule Mugs) contacted me I thought the timing was perfect. I had been working on a Scandinavian version of the Moscow Mule, spring time was coming and she offered to send me a couple of mugs to try out. […]
It’s a Scandinavian thing, really it is! Drive down the road in Denmark during pine needle picking season and you’ll see Danes pulled off to the side of the road foraging pine needles. Seem strange? No stranger than juniper berries or rosemary! I got turned on to this delight several years ago when I attended […]
Five years ago, I finished my photography course at Rocky Mountain School of Photography. After graduating and moving back to Great Falls I really missed being around creative photo bugs. The cure was the Great Falls Camera Club. Now five years later, I had the opportunity to share my love of food photography with them. […]
Usually a dish just names itself but I’m afraid that this little condiment/sauce suffers from an identity crisis. It looks like gremolata/pesto/chimichurri, it possesses some of the elements of all. However it is not of Italian decent yet it is of Italian influence. I guess I could describe this as truly a fusion. Thai basil, […]
