stinging nettles and strangled priests

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Walking the greenmarket on Wednesday, I was surprised to see nettles still in season. Usually appearing in March, at the beginning of spring markets that close in the winter, nettles are an incredible source of protein as well as being a folk remedy for all sorts of things. If you should find nettles, I like [...]

Posted in Food, Market | No Comments »

kthread cooks: tortilla soup

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

I call this “the soup with the garnishes,” and the fun is in the variables. Many of you are braving the cold this week, but it is warm in the kthread Kitchen Network (hereafter referred to as kKN), and we are all ladling tomato broth over velvety avocado and swirling curlicues of crema over crispy [...]

Posted in Food, Video | 4 Comments »