Ummmm…eggs…ramps…potato… When my brother returned from his junior year in Spain, he craved the egg tortilla espanola found on the counter at most tapas bars and eateries. It also happened to be one of my favorite recipes I learned in my “egg” lesson in my first weeks in culinary school (thank you Chef Justin). The… Continue reading Ramp Tortilla Recipe
Month: April 2010
Spicy-Tart Pickled Ramp Recipe
This past weekend friends who live near us upstate, on an area overrun with ramps, graciously invited us over for our second annual swap of all-we-can-pick ramps for a pick-up truck full of our “like gold” sheep manure for their garden. (So very cutting-edge-hipster-locavore. Then again, poop for weeds…) After a very muddy morning,… Continue reading Spicy-Tart Pickled Ramp Recipe
Ramps!
It is that time of year. The ramps have arrived. Ramps are wild leeks, and belong to the same genus as onions, garlic and chives. Their flavor is a wild and woodsy combination of the three. You can eat the entire plant, the bulb, stalk, and leaves, and can use them in recipes where you’d… Continue reading Ramps!
Dark Chocolate Dipped Shortbread recipe
I was asked to bring dessert to a dinner with some of my favorite girls (you know who you are…), the day after Easter. With this year’s holiday resulting in a serious lack of bunny candy (believe me, for the better) I thought about trying to come up with a grown-up easter sweet. These dark… Continue reading Dark Chocolate Dipped Shortbread recipe