semi-savory, bone-in, smoked meat cotton candy!
edible blown glass with herb infused oils
The “Salty Dog” cookie with candied grapefruit, rosemary, and sea salt
Morels growing in our yard!
Our typical, scratch, urban farm breakfast
creme brulee infused with chamomile
pickled lotus root
Homemade ramen with soft boiled eggs, umeboshi salad rolls, and sweet pulled pork-filled dumplings
Eggs pickled with umeboshi plum and shiso leaf
falafel
Gluten free, vegetarian, quinoa pasta minestrone with my own pickled beets and parmesan YUM
Sugar free neapolitan cake filled with strawberry ice cream and topped with soy whip
Sometimes I dine out…
Veggie Borscht (also a version made with oxtail, yum!)
Making caramel bacon pie on AMNW
cauliflower soup with herb mince, parsley syrup, saffron and a parmesan crisp
deviled eggs with a trio of caviar
steamed lobster tail, pickled radish rose, asparagus and hollandaise from our chicken’s bright yolks!
Chicken simmered with tomato, fennel, lemon, and caper
Cardamom cake with candied rose petals and pistachio
Valentine Pizzas
Dark chocolate sponge cake soaked in fresh peanut butter caramel sauce
canning bourbon spiced peaches from Sauvie Island
lobster rolls with herb dressing and baked sweet potato fries
lamb sausage with falafel, garlic dressing, and garden veggies
Roasted turkey leg and steamed artichoke
Bacon caramel pie
double chocolate tiramisu topped with shaved dark chocolate
Sweet potato and pumpkin pie with sage meringue
Fresh made papperdelle with wild boar ragu, herbs, baby carrots, and shredded myzithra
Chicken ginger noodle soup
Pickled veggies and eggs
Pickled eggs with pickled radish and horseradish cream
Golden venison meat pies
Duck pie with duck fat pastry
Peach cookies with candied mint leaf, creamy peach liqueur and raspberry “pit” filling
Tossing dough for my famous ham strudels
Steaming hot turkey meatball and potato dumpling soup!
Meat cake with potato frosting and spiced tomato filling
PB and J Shortcake – Peanut butter shortcake atop a strawberry cabernet reduction with bayleaf cream
Rabbit liver sauteed with fennel and topped with crispy fried tarragon
Pizza. Masters.
our pizza is damn good
Obviously…
They look like little burgers, but they are red velvet macarons with cream cheese filling
Our hops. our hops. our hops our hops our hops… check it out!
Croquembouche from scratch. Happy birthday to me.
prosciutto wrapped melon, spicy pickled long beans, foie gras torchon…
salmon ceviche with cherry tomato, blood orange and avacado
spiced bourbon peach crisp with olive oil and basil streusel!
Black bean monster burger
Chicken dinner (winner winner)
Our first blue egg!
Brewing pink lady cider
neapolitan tiramisu with layers of vanilla cream, marachino mascarpone cream, chocolate amaretto ganache, fresh chocolate shortbread, ladyfingers, and a sugared rice sculpture
homemade spicy kimchi style sauerkraut
Fermenting cucumber pickles
Smoked gouda and parmesan breakfast biscuits
…marinating a salad
bubbling hot lasagna
lasagna with fresh pasta made with Von Kroug eggs
Fresh brewed chamomile mead
Siberian apple… so adorable and perfect
Loch Ness monster homemade sausage with steel cut oats and raisin sauce – an americanized version of haggis…
How an egg should look — our dark orange yolks, laid fresh daily!
beer brewing, eggs pickling, fresh baked bread
roasted asparagus, morels, white wine and mushroom cream
My first homemade sausages
Spicy pickled long beans
pasta tossed with arugula hazelnut pesto and cherry tomatoes
Arugula and hazelnut pesto
Fresh udon soup topped with chive blossoms
Chicken breasts fried in duck fat
Country cadillac margarita
Beet pickled eggs
bbq’d little goat shank with kale potato salad
sorrel and watercress soup with sumac and sumac pickled cucumber
eggs pickled with garden beets!
Homemade Rustic Bread
Fresh Lemon Bay Cookies
mascarpone and thyme ice cream with wine poached prunes (inspired by a Frankie’s Spuntino recipe)
For our first #dinner #ontheroad, a simple meal of Dijon & white wine #quinoa with fresh tomatoes and garlic blossoms that we grew @ our #oldportlandhome. Travel staple of the day: #sriracha
Potato pancakes with thyme sour cream, crispy leeks, pumpkin/apple butter and pear
smoked Ancona duck with citrus and herbs
lamb bacon BLT…
plantain crusted tuna fried in coconut oil with habanero coconut reduction, pickled beet salsa, fresh guacamole, sea beans
mushroom soup with dill
Fresh pasta puttanesca
One City Chili: all ingredients from within a couple miles of our campsite, cooked over the fire
The Beautiful mushrooms of Monterey Bay
cooking with fire
making beet kvass
So good, it’s SCARY!
Pea soup with mint and morel cream
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