Adventures in cooking, traveling, and science – all while gluten free!
Your favorite bartender probably has a ton of simple syrup stashed behind the bar at any given time. Simple syrup is, quite simply, a high concentration sugar solution. All you do is dissolve a bunch of sugar in hot water. Easy!
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After a long hiatus, here’s a quick recipe just in time for nettle season! Although their name is the opposite of appetizing, stinging nettles have a fantastic flavor once they’ve been cooked. Once I learned about these wild looking plants, I’ve made this creamy nettle soup every time I’ve seen them at the farmer’s market.
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During the pandemic, whenever I hit the farmer’s market, I have entertained myself by picking out one item I’ve never cooked with before. There’s an online ordering system available for the Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets, so I don’t really know what I’m going to get until I pick up my order. I’ve snagged some common purslane a few times now, and this sour, sort of salty succulent is really unique. I have more on that on another page – Discover Something New: Purslane! – Which will be the first of future posts highlighting a plant that’s new to my kitchen. I was dying to make a salad out of purslane, which is the star of this Greek-style purslane salad.
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This orange fennel salad came from a pretty intense phase where I was over-ordering vegetables from a produce delivery service. Although it shall remain nameless, said service really would have been budget friendly for me if I had actually used everything I ordered. However, I lack the self-control to only order what I can use when I am picking food from the comfort of my couch. I understand this now! But as part of this experience, occasionally I’d end up with fennel in my box. Or boxes on particularly egregious orders.
I had no idea what I was supposed to do with this crazy looking bulb with leafy fronds.
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