We challenged ourselves to do more recipe creation in 2011, and more importantly, to document our results. Improvisational cooking has never been a challenge for us, but writing recipes that can be shared and recreated was not our strong suit. So we made a list of goals — ways in which we wanted to learn and grow in the kitchen — and challenged ourselves to 3 new recipes per month.
We named it the Cucina Fresca Challenge of 2011. That’s Italian for “fresh kitchen” for those of you keeping track of our fake Italian-isms. With only two months to go, we’re (mostly) on track, and writing our own recipes has been a boon for our kitchens, our tummies, and our taste testers. There have been a few missteps, of course, and a lot of creative scheduling.
As the blog went bi-coastal in the summer of 2011, our recipe planning, and even some of our cooking, became an activity accomplished largely through the power of video chat and other technologies. Still, we roll with the punches, and we think you’ll be pleased with the results.
In my new digs back near the East coast, where I’m temporarily staying with my mother and helping her through a period of poor health, we’ve been receiving generous donations of food from our friends, family, and neighbors. One thing …
“It should be five minutes, tops.” That’s what Jeff said to me last night when I told him the length of my first video tutorial for Garlic, My Soul. The video isn’t great: you can’t always see the bowl, or …
Our third recipe for April was Flax Rice Crackers. Now, we’re not going to lie, these are definitely a work in progress. We had eaten these delicious crackers at a party at our friend Barbra’s house, and although they were …
Another one of our April recipes was to try our hand at crackers. We saw these: What? Are you serious?? and decided that we needed to make our own, stat. First up, we wanted to use whole wheat flour because …
Hello all! As you know, Garlic, My Soul, has gone bi-coastal this past month, which obviously has led to ups, downs, and in-betweens. Because of the road trip and following separate, our April Cucina Fresca recipes were not posted. But …
As you may know, here at Garlic, My Soul we have a lot of pizza nights. Some of them are large – thirty of my closest friends, wandering around my apartment eating slices for four hours. Some of them are …
