Baking Versus Cooking: The Nitty Gritty

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Baking Versus Cooking: The Nitty Gritty

When I (Nicole this week) was young and fresh out of college, I wanted to learn to be a better cook. I turned to recipes as road maps for learning exotic dishes as well as new techniques. Later on, I myself would become a recipe developer, an endeavor I found endlessly creative. I never knew [...]

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Are you Local or Organic?

This is a conversation or question if you will that doesn’t seem to be going away and honestly it shouldn’t. However, it seems that with the re-opening of the various farmers markets across the country and peak growing season underway individuals are once again thinking more about what’s best for themselves and families food wise. [...]

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Making Cheese at Home

Having done so well with my butter making you can only guess what was next. I decided to tackle the next best thing, Neufchâtel cheese.

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Making a Better Butter

I really do love butter. A crusty baguette with creamy European style butter is one of my favorite snacks.

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Fishing for the Local Availability of Fresh Fish

Navigating my way around the fish counter One thing I’ve learned about this journey to a more sustainable food lifestyle is that I still have so much to learn. Just when I think I’ve got a good handle on things I discover there is still yet another area where I fall short. First it was [...]

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Organic Wine versus the Big Labels

There will be no wine before its time! I was just a toddler when Orson Welles sang the praises of Paul Masson’s wines on television commercials “We will sell no wine before its time” and for whatever reason I have never forgotten that tag line. Could it be that subliminal message that was responsible for [...]

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Scallop Cerviche

This recipe is a great way to showcase the sweet, rich flavor of super fresh sea scallops. Related Post: Less Talking, More Cooking Early April is a tough time of year here in New Jersey for produce, unless we are experiencing unseasonably warm temperatures you really won’t see a substantial assortment of local spring vegetables [...]

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Less Talking, More Cooking

Early Spring recipes from the New Jersey shore Early April is a tough time of year here in New Jersey for produce, unless we are experiencing unseasonably warm temperatures you really won’t see a substantial assortment of local spring vegetables until May or even June. If you are lucky you may have a produce market [...]

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Shortcomings, from My Sustainable Kitchen

Spring is a time of re-birth and like the start of a new calendar year I welcome the opportunity to wipe the slate clean and begin again. As people we should constantly be improving ourselves and there is no better way to start than with our food consumption and overall eating habits. I’ve stated before [...]

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Adventures in Bread Baking

I have a confession to make and hopefully it won’t cause me to lose my relatively small fan base here at Cooking up a Story (Thanks for reading Mom). I don’t usually buy organic bread. There I said it, I’ve been so wrapped in up eating seasonally and buying locally that I forgot all about [...]

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