Gluten-Free Southern Cooking in Sweden
I picked up some mushrooms, leeks, and baby spinach on sale, at the same time as a fresh box of the havreris that I have come to love here. So, a plan suggested itself. Havreris is a nearly-wholegrain form of oats available here, pushed as …
I was recently reminded that I hadn’t made something like this in a while, by one of Backyard Chef’s videos: Johnny Marzetti – One of the most important dishes in modern American cooking!. I felt like he seriously overstated that part, not being as personally …
Today, I was in the mood for something warm, filling, and low effort. It’s been a low energy day, and my musculoskeletal system is protesting the weather. Some type of one pot noodle dish seemed just about perfect. And the Instant Pot makes these much …
Biscuits are one of my favorite things to do with leftover mashed potatoes. And cheesy potato biscuits are even better! To go with this batch, I decided to try one intriguingly simple recipe from Elina Hultberg, which I ran across on YouTube (Swedish language): Her …
When colder days start settling in, some of the foods my mind starts going around to are always pork and the new season root vegetables. Within my family, I (Gen X) did grow up a couple of generations down the line from fall hog butchering …
It’s the time of year that apples are in prime season, and warm desserts start looking very tempting. I picked up some nice fresh cooking apples, and had been plotting some good things to do with them. There are so many appealing options! I had …
I love Southern Louisiana style home cooking in the way that only someone from another region of the South who has spent the last 20+ years in Europe can love Southern Louisiana food. It’s not even my home, but by now the distinctive flavors feel …
This is the evolution of one of my old favorites, which became a standby during my vegan college days back in the ’90s–when I developed a taste for more Middle Eastern foods in general. Especially in the summer, I used to like to make a …
Tonight I got an urge for some good old fried potatoes to go along with the shio koji-marinated pork tenderloin I had already planned. And why not jazz them up a little? This is one of my favorite variations on them, and the warm Indian …
Tonight I was firing the oven up for a loaf of bread (that recipe is still under development), and got the urge to also bake something sweet while that was going anyway. This cake needed to bake at a slightly lower temperature (while also mostly …