My grandmother’s cornbread was a crisp golden brown. It was cast iron. It was a mason jar of bacon grease kept in the cupboard and a jug of buttermilk in the door of the Frigidaire. It was “home again …
Blueberry, Basil, and Goat Cheese Hand Pies
I once found them dull, but they’ve grown on me, the blueberries. They’re the stray marbles populating the bottom of my basket, rolling across the red cottage oak floor, staining the soles of my bare …
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Buttermilk & Berry scones: Blueberry Lemon & Blackberry Thyme
Not being a Briton, I don’t believe I can weigh in on what constitutes a “proper” scone, but I do know that the ubiquitous dry lumps languishing in coffeeshop display cases do not tempt me. Except for …
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Buttermilk Brined Fried Chicken
Hoe Hop Valley Farm’s Chicken brined & battered in Cruze Farm’s buttermilk In the south, fried chicken is like religion, and like religion everyone believes that their way is The One True …
eggs benedict from scratch: buttermilk english muffins, blender hollandaise & link41 bacon
First, a clarification. When I say from scratch, I do not mean Michael Ruhlman’s definition of “from scratch”. I did not cure my own Canadian bacon; I didn’t even use Canadian bacon. And I …
perfect buttermilk biscuits, scrambled eggs with ricotta & thyme, and black forest bacon: supfast!
fresh thyme from the front porch ricotta scrambled eggs mise en scene: 6 eggs from Fall Creek Farms, salt & pepper to taste, 1/4 cup raw milk, 1/2 cup whole milk ricotta, fresh …