Category Archive: Culinaria

Cooking in our church

Aug
12

Garden Cuisine: Berry ice creams

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Two berry ice creams: Bramble-licorice frozen yogurt and Fraises-de-bois Black Pepper Rose Geranium ice cream

Our weedy little berry bushes keep producing, and this time I include a couple of recipes for ice cream using the berries I photographed for my last post on food from the garden.

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Jul
29

Garden Cuisine: Eating the fruits of weeds

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A post about the simple pleasures of taking advantage of the gift of weeds. And a bit of messing around with the camera as I take a break from plastering.

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Jun
27

Garden Cuisine: Red Currant, Sage, and Lavender Pork on Paper-thin Zucchini

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Some things from the garden, and a bottle of pumpkin seed oil.

Continuing the series on recipes using produce from the garden, this time taking advantage of the bounty of zucchini and red currants, and the dry astringent flavors of sage and lavender leaves. This recipe features pork, but this can be easily substituted, or even vegetarianized. Includes a link to sources of “happy meat” in Germany.

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Jun
19

Garden Cuisine: Lemon Balm-Asparagus Risotto

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Having a garden is changing my cooking style slightly. This is the first in series of posts about what I’m doing with our produce. This recipe takes advantage of the last few days of (white) asparagus season here.

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Apr
24

The Benefits of Trimming an Overgrown Hazelnut Tree

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Thinly sliced smoked goose breast.

The house came with an overgrown hazelnut tree. I found the hard work of trimming the tree gave several benefits, some unexpected. I include a recipe for cured hazelnut-smoked goose breast.

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