November 17th, 2009 03:46pm
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Kay Baumhefner of the Come Home to Cooking School in Petaluma shared this recipe for a tasty harvest dish: A pumpkin stuffed with bread, wild mushrooms, cheese and truffle oil. It would be a perfect side dish to bring to a potluck Thanksgiving dinner.
I’ve also included Baumhefner’s recipe for a yummy Autumn Harvest Stuffing made with farro, a whole grain from Italy.
“Rich with contrasting flavors, textures and colors, this hearty …
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November 16th, 2009 05:53pm
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Last Friday, I spent an entire day eating my way through the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, where hundreds of chefs and food professionals from across the country converged on St. Helena for the three-day Worlds of Flavor conference. This year, the 12th annual conference was dedicated to the deliciously democratic – and affordable – street foods of the world.
From Indian Chaat Papri to Fresh Corn Tamales, …
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November 12th, 2009 08:17pm
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Susan Evind of Santa Rosa inherited a slim cookbook from her grandmother that was compiled by an unknown homemaker, Sarah Williamson, and published in 1917 in San Francisco.
“A California Cook Book” includes recipes Williamson personally obtained from prominent citizens of the day, including botanist Luther Burbank (at left) and author/activist Jack London, financier Henry J. Crocker and the entrepreneurial Steinhart family.
This summer, Evind republished the cookbook as a culinary …
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November 11th, 2009 09:51pm
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Rick Rodgers, author of the “Thanksgiving 101” cookbook, swept into Sonoma last weekend to talk turkey at the Ramekins Culinary School. I attended his Thanksgiving class a few years ago, when the savvy chef unveiled his dry-brined turkey technique, inspired by the roast chicken at Zuni Cafe in San Francisco.
The turkey guru recently published a cute, little book, “Tips Cook Love,” (Sur La Table, $15) Pick up a copy …
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November 10th, 2009 03:38pm
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Maybe it’s the early morning light and the cool nights, but I’ve found myself turning to the slow cooker once again for making hearty bean dishes and braised meats.
This Mexican Pot Roast from Santa Rosa Junior College cooking instructor Mei Ibach, which she adapted from a recipe from John Ash, is made in the slow cooker and is delicious served up in tacos with some sliced avocado, cabbage and sour …
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November 3rd, 2009 03:52pm
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“An excellent lunch or light supper need be no more than a good soup.” – Julia Child
I spent Friday night cooking up some of Julia Child’s favorite soups with chef Mary Bergin of Sur La Table, a pastry chef who worked with Child on her “Baking with Julia” TV series and cookbook.
The group of 16 students gathered to recreate recipes from Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” starting with …
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November 2nd, 2009 09:37pm
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Kendall-Jackson Executive Chef Justin Wangler will give a class on how to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Kendall-Jackson Wine Center in Santa Rosa.
Wangler, who grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, now celebrates Thanksgiving every year with a few of his Northern California friends and fellow chefs . But he still manages to sneak in a little taste of the South, …
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October 26th, 2009 08:54pm
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Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo in Napa
The deadline is 5 p.m. Nov. 4 for KSRO’s 23rd annual Good Food Hour Recipe Contest, “Bean Appetit.”
The contest is looking for a few good bean recipes, and in exchange, will offer an array of cookbooks, wine, cooking classes and gift certificates as prizes.
To enter, send your name, address and phone number plus your original bean recipes to: KSRO Recipe Contest, P.O. Box 2158, …
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October 26th, 2009 08:10pm
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If you’ve been watching “Top Chef-Vegas,” then you’ve been following the slicing and dicing of contestants Eli Kirshtein and Kevin Gillespie, who both hail from Atlanta.
The Southern boys will be toasting their Wine Country host – Murphy-Goode blogger Hardy Wallace (see below) of “Really Goode Job” fame – from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Murphy-Goode Tasting Room, 20 Matheson St., Healdsburg.
Wine and snacks will be provided …
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October 23rd, 2009 06:47pm
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Even though the fall days have been warm and sunny, autumnal evenings cool off quickly. In the kitchen, I have started thinking about comfort foods such as braised meats, which can be slow cooked to perfection in a complex, deep-flavored sauce.
After stopping by Sur La Table recently and tasting these Cabernet Braised Short Ribs – left over from a class the night before – I decided it was time to break …
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