Slower Sunday: Still life
Good day to slow down, veg out and contemplate fruit. Ya think? Press Play and take a minute if you don't have your own. Then take a walk and get some. I'm making an Apple-Pear Upside Down Cake with these.
Fall Fruit Upside Down Cake
Apples. Pears. Cranberries. They're everywhere. They're cheap. They're ripe and ready for Thanksgiving. Turn that pumpkin pie tradition upside down with a luscious Fall Fruit Upside Down Cake. Takes about 10 minutes and $4 to prepare. Makes 8 -12 happy people.
Pilgrim Pop: Cranberry Ginger Ale
So what're you drinking for Thanksgiving? What're the kids going to drink? I'm working on it, mixing up food-friendly flavored sparkling waters. Refreshing, satisfying alternatives to wine and beer when you just don't feel like alcohol with your turkey or short ribs
Sweet Potatoes: Beans, No Marshmallows
A hugely flavorful, protein-laced sweet potato dish. Trade in the empty-calorie refined sugar for essential amino acids. It's Thanksgiving, not Halloween. Don't embarrass your sweet potato with a marshmallow costume.n
Thanksgiving Short Ribs
These ribs are like turkey anti-matter. Melt in your mouth. Rich and juicy. Powerfully aromatic. You don't have to carve them.
Slower Sunday: I knew it’d come to this
Clear blue sky where all the leaves were. Just last week, if you wanted color, you looked up. Today, look down. But there is a cool thing you can do with them when it comes down it. You probably haven't done this for a while. Just Press Play for the video refresher course.
Bread & Breakfast: Better French Toast
This started as an experiment. It turned out so well that I didn't even put maple syrup on it. Or butter. Honest. The idea was to make something like a really good breakfast pastry - but without highly refined flour and sugar. Ten minutes and a dollar later, four great slices.
Bali high in the dark: Mt. Batur
It's pretty strange hiking to the top of a volcano in the dark and waiting for sunrise - so you can see where you are and where you came from. Six miles up and down at an average incline of twenty degrees. Not bad at the bottom; wicked steep at the top. The sunrise was spectacular.
The Crouton Upgrade
They're somewhere in the Top 10 reasons to make bread, more bread than you think you're going to eat. These fresh, crunchy, flavorful croutons are a quick, cheap upgrade for every salad and soup.
Are Italian Fries better than French?
Decide for yourself. They're quick and easy to make. No special equipment needed. Totally irresistible. Way Better and Cheaper than McDonald's. Marco Canora's Tuscan fries are crazy delicious.