Arugula, also known as ‘roquette’ (pronounced ‘rocket’), is my all time favorite green. Its peppery bite and tender texture is something I can’t ever get enough of. An obvious use for arugula is in salads. I also love it on pizza too! However last year when making massive batches of pesto at the end of…
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Spring Scrambled Eggs with Sorrel
Our Farmer’s Market has now been open two weeks. We’ve been graced by unbelievably wonderful, ‘rest of the U.S.’ type spring weather the past two Saturdays (market day). This is followed by typical Colorado spring weather of rain/hail/snow and gale force winds on Sunday. I recall last year going in full snow storms and wind…
Simple Mushroom Saute and Rustic Pasta
Our Farmer’s Market in Boulder opened this past weekend. For a Locavore it always feels like ‘we made it’, to know the winter months will give way to new growth and produce of spring. Despite our seasonal beginnings being meager varieties of greens, the ambiance at the Market was joyous and uplifting. Greeted by…
Smokin’ Volcano Cake
Volcano Cake that really smokes? Yep! This animated cake doesn’t erupt but your diners will when they see and taste it! Updated September 2018 Who says a cake has to be ordinary? Celebrating a trip to Hawaii? Want an unexpected cake for a birthday? This Smokin’ Volcano Cake will do the trick. One part baking,…
BL Food Road Trip: Santa Fe, NM (Last Day)
The phrase ‘saving the best for last’ may be the wrap up sentiment for this trip, though there have been so many wonderful morsels along the way it’s impossible to say. I woke to a gorgeous morning. Blue skies, cool breeze and the beat on a great new breakfast place. I had researched online,…
BL Food Road Trip: Alamogordo to Santa Fe, NM
The drive from Santa Fe to Roswell felt like a genetics experiment to tease out any recessive genes I might carry for narcolepsy (a sleeping condition causing daytime unplanned sleep ‘attacks’). No amount of crappy coffee could hold me steady after the days of driving and the wide open spaces. I changed my return course…
BL Food Road Trip: Carlsbad, NM
Real pit barbeque from Danny’s Place, a local favorite! Carlsbad New Mexico is less than an hour from the Texas border and barbeque has made its way into the mainstream of this little town as a staple. After shaking off the alien invasion of Roswell we enjoyed a few hour drive to our day’s resting…
