One dark and stormy night, tragedy struck the Hound household. Sweet Lil wanted to make tuna salad but there was no mayonnaise in the house. “Help!”, the selective eater cried out, unable to eat plain tuna or the delicious meal her parents cooked. Super Mom heard her cries and rushed to the rescue! With...
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We made our own salt from San Salvador, Bahamas sea water. This statement usually elicits one of two responses. 1) “Wow! Awesome!” 2) “Why? It’s only like $1 a pound at the store!” We, of course, are of the “Wow, Awesome” mindset. But to answer the why: 1) Because we can. (This reason motivates...
Read more →My family has a winter holiday tradition to make egg rolls from scratch. Usually the lengthy process happens on Christmas Day but this year we made them on New Years Day. We all love to cook and working together makes light work of the tedious rolling. A corollary tradition is to stuff any remaining...
Read more →Thanksgiving is a little over a week away. This week I’ll share some of my favorite recipes. Cooking a whole bird is a beautiful thing. The cook has the ability to infuse the meat with distinct flavors and a whole bird can feed a family for many meals. Use these techniques for a perfect...
Read more →At the Tayse family Xmas extravaganza, Grandma Joyce, of Rhubarb Crunch and Ginger Snap fame, inquired about freezer biscuits. She is a fantastic biscuit maker, trained by the best I’ve ever known, her mother (my late great grandmother) Leona. Now living alone, she would like to have a biscuit or two for dinner but...
Read more →When I wanted to make a derby pie for the Kentucky Derby over the weekend, every recipe I could find included a store bought pie crust. Crazy! Pie crust isn’t hard, folks. Why shell out a few bucks for an over-processed, floury, off-tasting crust when you likely have the ingredients right at hand? With...
Read more →The lovely Catherine of Photo Kitchen came over last week to take photographs for Hounds in the Kitchen Egg Week 2011. Yesterday, I shared how to blow out eggshells. Continue reading for recipes, tips, and even an eggshell planting project. Encouraged by my friend Vanessa Prentice, I made egg dyes from edible materials this...
Read more →Today is my final guest post as my time as a teacher at Franklin Park is winding down. Fellow chicken-lover and charcutier Rachell Bernhardt from Land of B contributes a post today about kefir. Kefir is one food we have never made for ourselves but I am inspired by her words to get started...
Read more →While I am busy leading spring break camp at Franklin Park Conservatory (a few spots still available for next week, by the way), I am filling the blog with guest posts and reposts. Happy reading! This guide comes from my Uncle Mike, teacher, jeweler, handyman, and all around good guy. He writes a blog...
Read more →Sometimes it’s better to just do nothing at all. That’s what I did when a dinner guest commented, “Ew! Gross!” And when my daughter sneered, “Mama! It’s different!” Friends and family members, including Alex, regarded the open jar of smelly cider with raised eyebrows and pinched noses. I maintained that I was following the...
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