Celebration Generation: Food, Life, Kitties!

The Minneapolis Farmers Market opened this past weekend, and we’d been looking forward to it for a very long time. This was definitely the winter that wouldn’t end, stubbornly “gifting” us with another 3″ of snow just a week ago, before jumping up to highs in the mid 70s days later. WTF, mother nature? Anyway, [...]

Spring is on its way, but there is still time to take advantage of “soup season”! This recipe – from my upcoming corn cookbook – won’t disappoint: it’s thick, warm, rich, and satisfying! Hearty Corn and Black Bean Soup 2 large onions, chopped 1 lb bacon, chopped 2 lbs dry black beans 12 1/2 cups [...]

After seeing how nuts my husband went for the Hoppy IPA Pickles I created for him, I decided that I should make a hopped up version of a pickle relish. We love (non-sweet!) dill pickle relish, this could be a fun variant on the old favorite. As I was already midway through making a batch [...]

When I first became obsessed with pickling, one idea came to mind before all others – CAULCANNON PICKLES. (!!!!) As I mentioned in my earlier Caulcannon recipe post, we make the East Coast Canadian style of caulcannon (colcannon) around here – and we love it. (If you haven’t yet tried it, click that link and [...]