It’s winter, so it’s the perfect time to take advantage of those vegetables that are in their prime right now. One way is to rely on my CSA box to fill my kitchen with what’s in season. Or I channel my inner Julia Child at the farmer’s market to find the “it” veggie right now. And, if you are like me and almost done with hard squashes, winter greens, and celery root, look no further and give Napa cabbage a chance. You might think that it is just like any other cabbage, but the Napa variety is different and there are many ways to integrate this vegetable in your winter menu with a few great-tasting recipes that bring me back all the way to my mom’s kitchen. What could be better. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “From Savoy to Beijing to Napa: It’s Still a Cabbage”
Winter Vegetable Wonder Land
We want to kick off this week with a congratulatory shout-out to Holly, the winner of our anniversary contest from last week. Holly has been a long-time follower of our site and her loyalty paid off with a quick response to our post. Holly, your gift is in the mail! Thanks to everyone for participating. While researching the list of questions, we realized how much information we have packed into our weekly posts throughout the last years and decided to include more links to our past writing so that we can rediscover them together. One way will be to link to posts published during the same week one, two and three years ago at the bottom of the post. Understanding that we are all bombarded with information, maybe one or another of the titles will spark your interest and you’ll find the time to explore. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “Winter Vegetable Wonder Land”
Celebrate our Anniversary and Enter to Win!
Come and Cook with Us is celebrating its 3rd anniversary and we want to share our joy with you. In honor of this day we are kicking off our first give-away contest; answer a few questions right and get a chance to win a home-made dish cloth hand-knit by Kathrin – in her hometown many dish towels are still made this way if you can believe it! Its purple, machine washable, and made with love; we know you’ll love it. Come and Cook with Us! Continue reading “Celebrate our Anniversary and Enter to Win!”
Cheap Food comes at a High Price: Your Health
Please take a few minutes to watch this short, yet powerful video clip by Michael Pollan. It captures so much of what is wrong with today’s food industry and it is one of the main reasons why we cook and want to entice you to do the same.
How the Corporate World Fuels Our Junk Food Addition (VIDEO)
Surf and Turf in a Soup
The jury is still out on whether a soup featuring sausage is actually a soup or, rather, a sausage delivery device. Based on my kids’ responses to this dish, it’s probably more of the latter. They have fallen in love with this soup and now plead with me to make it over and over again. Yes, I know that it contains too much sausage, even of the healthy kind, but a bowl of this soup warms you from the inside out. And with the added taste complexity, it takes you on an interesting flavor adventure that might well be worth the sausage extravagance. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “Surf and Turf in a Soup”
Come and Cook with Us 