Comments on: What We’re Eating http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/ Tales of a country girl and her hens. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:14:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Julia http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1276 Julia Thu, 29 May 2008 11:27:52 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1276 Ah, Nigel. We have his <i>Kitchen Diaries</i>, and love it. It's more like a book than a cookbook! The newest addition to our small collection of cookbooks, however, is <i>Seasonal Food</i> by Susannah Blake. Now that we're trying our darndest to get into this "local, seasonal" food thing, we've been stuck for new things to try. Her book is arranged exactly as I want a seasonal cookbook to be arranged - by season, with each season being a compilation of recipes arranged by an ingredient that should be in season. So the spring section has asparagus and purple-sprouting broccoli and spring greens, the summer section has tomatoes and all that other good stuff, etc. The winter section even has a recipe or two for celeriac, which is a relief! And the recipes aren't all necessarily for mains - there's a recipe for spanikopita, another for tzatziki, another for a lemon tart... Yum! Ah, Nigel. We have his Kitchen Diaries, and love it. It’s more like a book than a cookbook! The newest addition to our small collection of cookbooks, however, is Seasonal Food by Susannah Blake. Now that we’re trying our darndest to get into this “local, seasonal” food thing, we’ve been stuck for new things to try. Her book is arranged exactly as I want a seasonal cookbook to be arranged - by season, with each season being a compilation of recipes arranged by an ingredient that should be in season. So the spring section has asparagus and purple-sprouting broccoli and spring greens, the summer section has tomatoes and all that other good stuff, etc. The winter section even has a recipe or two for celeriac, which is a relief! And the recipes aren’t all necessarily for mains - there’s a recipe for spanikopita, another for tzatziki, another for a lemon tart… Yum!

]]> By: Laura http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1273 Laura Wed, 28 May 2008 20:07:39 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1273 Anne - I know! But the butter mattered I think - without it I'm not sure that it would really have made a cream sauce. Plus the butter with the bacon grease made the leeks soft and flavorful. But very very rich - I made way too much for the two of us - making the recipe for 2 was enough for 3. Denise / Renee - I can't wait until my leeks are big enough to make this again! Anne - I know! But the butter mattered I think - without it I’m not sure that it would really have made a cream sauce. Plus the butter with the bacon grease made the leeks soft and flavorful. But very very rich - I made way too much for the two of us - making the recipe for 2 was enough for 3.

Denise / Renee - I can’t wait until my leeks are big enough to make this again!

]]> By: Renee http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1272 Renee Wed, 28 May 2008 17:26:59 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1272 This looks like a good way to use up the giant leeks in my winter veggie bed. Thanks - I'll make the recipe this weekend! This looks like a good way to use up the giant leeks in my winter veggie bed. Thanks - I’ll make the recipe this weekend!

]]> By: Denise http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1271 Denise Wed, 28 May 2008 17:20:02 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1271 It all sounds amazing.. and I'll be making that pasta as soon as our leeks are ready. Maybe I'll have some local bacon by then, too. It all sounds amazing.. and I’ll be making that pasta as soon as our leeks are ready. Maybe I’ll have some local bacon by then, too.

]]> By: Anne http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1270 Anne Wed, 28 May 2008 17:16:25 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/05/27/what-were-eating/#comment-1270 That pasta sounds wonderful! I can't wait to try it (though the notion of frying bacon in butter kind of blows my mind.) I really like the directions - more a method than a recipe. That's exactly how I cook. That pasta sounds wonderful! I can’t wait to try it (though the notion of frying bacon in butter kind of blows my mind.) I really like the directions - more a method than a recipe. That’s exactly how I cook.

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