Cathy Barrow shares her love for tomato preserving with the New York Times.
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Spike Gjerde and his Woodberry Kitchen team taking canning to new heights
Cathy Barrow meets with Chef Spike Gjerde and his Woodberry Kitchen team as they take canning to new heights.
the perfect condiment. cherry tomato confit.
The end of summer garden generally falls into one of two categories. So abundant the gardener is making stealth visits to neighbor’s homes with zucchini the size of baseball bats and bags overflowing with tomatoes or, unfortunately, the other option, sad and desolate with a few hardy chiles and cherry tomatoes in among all the vigorous… Read more »
eat your vegetables giveaway and poblano tapenade
Fifteen years ago I met Dennis. He didn’t mention the vegetarian thing on our first date (lunch at a neighborhood trattoria). Instead he ordered a pasta dish with tomato sauce that did nothing to telegraph the truth. It wasn’t long before I offered to make him dinner and that’s when he dropped the news on… Read more »
fear and respect in the canning kitchen (and peach melba sauce)
Before I rant, and I am afraid you’re in for a bit of a rant (sprinkled with some pictures to soften the blow), I want to thank all of you for the great What-To-Do-With-800-Canning-Rings challenge. Congratulations to Flan who had the idea of using bungee cords. Done and done. Thank you, Flan. I’ll send an… Read more »
put a ring on it (another giveaway!)
We reorganized yesterday. It took several hours to move all the canning jars from the basement to the garage in preparation for painters. Moving all those jars was definitely confronting. There has been a lot of canning going on as I test and test and retest every recipe for the book. But I’m not here… Read more »
Homemade Pickles Require Just Three Ingredients
Cathy Barrow shares how to make homemade pickles using three ingredients with the New York Times.
from the pantry: new fangled three bean salad
I wish I had some earth shattering news for you. Or some funny little story. Or a photograph of this terrific salad I made up. But I don’t. But how about that free form tart? This is an imperfect blog post. A collection of thoughts, things that I’ve done, learned, eaten. Honestly? Most of my… Read more »