How to Roast Beets in 5 Easy Steps

My appreciation for the mighty beet grew around the time they started to appear in my winter CSA box. Before I found them awkwardly interesting and, frankly, annoying at the same time. They are a pain to clean, they stained my hands several shades of magenta and would take hours to transform into anything edible. [...]

Slow Roasted Dry Rubbed Pork Ribs

I’ve been craving ribs for weeks now but didn’t quite have the time for all the fuss required. Finally, I succumbed to my desires and decided to give them a whirl this weekend. Ribs of this caliber need to be shared. So I opted to invite a couple of friends to lend a helping hand. [...]

How to Grow Tomatillos

If you were assigned to learn everything there is to know about one vegetable and grow seedlings for an entire semester without killing them, what would you select? That’s exactly what I had to do for a sustainable agriculture class this past semester. I originally posted this question on the CulinaryCory Facebook page a few [...]

3 Easy Steps to Roasted Red Peppers

Roasting red peppers is a great way to concentrate flavors and bring out their natural sweetness. They make a wonderful addition to salads, sandwiches and even pasta dishes. I’m personally a huge fan of spreading a bit of goat cheese on slices of crusty bread and top with a small cluster of slivered peppers and [...]

2010 Holiday Dinner Highlights

Both Brent and my families are spread throughout the country which makes it difficult for everyone to connect over the holiday season. Instead of repeating the same approach I took over Thanksgiving where I ended up with an entire day spent in the kitchen and a massive amount of leftovers, I opted to cook a [...]

Slow Cooker Stuffing

It was always a family tradition to fill the cavity of the turkey with bread stuffing during Thanksgiving. Naturally, I continued such a tradition in my early adult years. My entire turkey roasting experience changed when I decided to cook the stuffing in a slow cooker while the bird cooked in the oven. This not [...]

Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Apples

Throughout my childhood, I remember tending to a massive half-acre size garden that was abundant with all the glorious flavors of fall.  Now in my adulthood, I have found I tend to shy away from the typical fall squashes like acorn and butternut.  Perhaps, I overdosed on freshness in my youth.  So when Joan in Michigan [...]