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RECIPE UPDATED 6/18/26 Newsletter Subscribe at the bottom of this page for the Chic Eats roundup.

I mentioned this Sweet 100 Tomato Jam while chatting up the folks at Munak Ranch and two other shoppers asked for details.

RECIPE UPDATED 9/14/25 Newsletter Sign up at the bottom of this page for the free Chic Eats newsletter.

RECIPE UPDATED 7/10/25 There's always a sense of anticipation when I'm spelunking through my freezer's odds and ends.

"Hidden Larder" refers to components made with ingredients that are frequently discarded despite being delicious in their own right.

Last weekend we ventured down to Venice for a GTA breakfast sandwich.

RECIPE UPDATED 5/15/25 I have a fondness for restaurant and bakery cookbooks.

The best time to buy peppers was two months ago.

Tomato Water Sourdough Pita is a sister recipe to the Sourdough Naan that has become a favorite for me and a number of readers.

This recipe post (though it's a stretch to call it a recipe) was inspired by Chef Jeremy Fox and his tomato water focaccia.

Oatmeal Date Cookies from Mother Grains made their first appearance on a recent Airstream trip.

RECIPE UPDATED 7/26/23 Summer tomatoes and peppers are piled high at the farmers market which means I'm in ongoing negotiations with my freezer for space.

For the purposes of this post, wheat gluten, mian jin, and seitan are the same thing.

RECIPE UPDATED 4/14/23 Newsletter Sign up at the bottom of this page for the free Chic Eats newsletter.

RECIPE UPDATED 4/2/23 East Asian and Southeast Asian are very broad terms for cuisine.

Through a few years of trial and error, I've refined my Airstream's kitchen packing list to a core set of cooking needs.

A few years ago, one of my flour shipments from Grist & Toll included a relatively simple recipe for whole grain French Apple Cake.

RECIPE UPDATED 7/5/23 Garlic, leeks, and especially green onions - my affection for spring/summer alliums runs deep.

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This showstopping Fresh Ginger Cake is gently adapted from David Lebovitz's Ready For Dessert and Samin Nosrat's Salt Fat Acid Heat.

RECIPE UPDATED 4/16/2024 Candied kumquats jumped onto my cooking wishlist after having them with a dessert at Rustic Canyon.

RECIPE UPDATED 3/31/2025 Newsletter Subscribe at the bottom of this page for the Chic Eats roundup.

Kinetic energy states that a body in motion stays in motion.

I call these "Last Minute" Sourdough Biscuits because they come together faster than the oven heats.

These quick pickled Fresno chiles ended up being so versatile that I used the same adapted Gjelina recipe for banana peppers.

RECIPE UPDATED 1/10/25 Newsletter Subscribe at the bottom of this page for the Chic Eats roundup.

RECIPE UPDATED 11/17/2025 It was only in the last several years that I jumped on the homemade applesauce train and had my personal "duh" moment.

I made Chef Jeremy Fox's dill pickles from his cookbook, On Vegetables, and found myself fishing around for every last bit of onion well before the cucumbers were used up.

My interest in dill pickle dressing is thanks to a small plate at Birdie G's that I've enjoyed more times than I can count.

RECIPE UPDATED 8/9/24 Punchy and herby pizzeria-style tomato sauce is the anchor of any respectable thick-crust or New York-style slice.

I have tagged what feels like every other page in Chef Josef Centeno's cookbook, Amá.

Loaf 149 - Central Milling Flour: 50% T85 / 30% ABC Malted / 20% High Mountain Photo Note: Each loaf of bread pictured was made using the basic process laid out in this post, sometimes with slight changes in timing and the % of leaven in the dough (1-2% f…