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What geeks eat... What geeks eat... Vanessa writes a food blog about foraging, cooking, eating, and thinking in Wisconsin. 
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Cherry Limeade?for reals
2009-09-06 21:51:00 I have a big ole weakness in my local food loving heart…I love Sonic’s Cherry Limeade. I would drink a quart of it each and every day if I didn’t harbor deep suspicions about it’s red food dye and other likely unnatural components. Plus I’m cheap, and it seems to me that $2.00 for a ...
Reinterpreted Moussaka
2008-06-07 03:42:00 The other day at the grocery store I picked up two eggplants. I had no idea what I was going to make with them, I just saw that their aubergine skin was tight and they were very plump…in other words, they were in great shape and that is a rare thing around here (except of ...
Beefy Southwest Salad
2008-06-05 02:52:00 Last month I hung up my shackles as a part-time office worker and made the leap to freelance writer. It has many perks, including a business casual attire that centers on the classics …tshirt and jeans. Now I don’t have to hurry off every morning, I can take my time, go for a walk with ... More About: Salad , Southwest
South Beach Pizza
2008-05-31 19:55:00 We eat a lot of pizza in this house; at least once a week I throw the dough together in the KitchenAid and let it rise for 24 hours in the refrigerator before I turn out a couple of personal pizzas for the guys. Of course personal-sized pizza for a teenage boy is about the ... More About: Beach , Pizza , South , South Beach
The bird is the word - BBQ chicken
2008-05-29 00:25:00 Did you know I love, love, love, BBQ chicken? Oh yeah…I love it. You know how some people can remain immaculate despite the fact that they’re grasping a sauced chicken leg? Well I’m not one of them. I’m a mess when I eat just about anything…even cereal and milk, but BBQ chicken…the pile of napkins ... More About: Word , Chicken , Bird
What I bought at the market and the egg
2008-05-27 00:44:00 I slept in on Saturday, usually I’m up by 6:00 because I’m worried I might miss the ramps, or the morels, or the rhubarb…but I’ve captured those flavors and if I don’t get to taste them again until next spring, I’m okay with that. So I slept in, enjoyed my GH’s delicious coffee, and then ... More About: Market
Rhubarb pie and the farmers? market
2008-05-24 00:35:00 It’s been a brisk week in Wisconsin. I’ve gone through these days trying to decide if a sweater was necessary or if it really was as warm as I hoped. Usually a sweater improved the situation. Because of the briskness I took the opportunity to fix a few of my cold weather favorites that ... More About: Market , Local , Farmers
Pistachio encrusted lamb chop with asparagus
2008-05-21 02:51:00 This fabulously simple and elegant feast was made possible by the kind farmers of Wisconsin. The lamb was procured back in December from Carrie and Eric Johnson of Jordandal Farm. I’ve been hording it for this exact meal…the first feast of the spear. But holy smokes, this lamb blew the asparagus out of the water. ... More About: Lamb , Asparagus
Frozen cheese and sherbet cake
2008-05-16 02:32:00 I’m only human and occasionally I have moments of lapsed judgment. When I was younger that might have entailed too much alcohol, hilarious dancing, and howling at the moon…seriously folks, I was a wide child. But now that I’m older I try not to damage myself…so in this case my lapsed judgment involved some organic ... More About: Cake , Cheese , Frozen
Avocado, cucumber salad
2008-05-10 07:14:00 I hate to admit it but I can lose a lot of time reading food blogs and drooling at food porn on Tastespotting. I can easily rationalize it as time well spent keeping up with my fellow food bloggers. I get my best ideas from food blogs and the more I read, the more creative ... More About: Cucumber , Salad
Ramps?oh my!!!!
2008-05-02 22:00:00 When spring attempts to kick off the winter’s covers and finally, grudgingly, hauls her ass out out of that bed she’s been lolling in for far to long, well I don’t mind admitting that I get more giddy than I usually am…yes indeed folks, I get giddier! I start using exclamation marks far more than ...
Pork tenderloin with roasted beets and salsify
2008-04-30 00:03:00 A quick and easy dinner is just what a Monday night calls for. My favorite way to cook pork tenderloin is in an obscenely hot oven (500°) for about 10 minutes or until the internal temp in the thickest part is 140°. But that requires either a clean oven or the doors and windows wide ... More About: Pork , Beets
The early bird catches the spinach
2008-04-26 02:23:00 I have a fundamental problem with getting up and out of the house by 7:00 on a Saturday morning. But last week it ensured me a bag full of fresh tender spinach from Primrose Community Farm and it’s sweet, green, fresh flavor is enough to tempt me again tomorrow. Who knows if there will actually ... More About: Early , Bird , Spinach
Dorie?s great grain muffins?a taste of yellow
2008-04-24 01:25:00 You know how much I love strawberry scones, right? Well, even thought I haven’t made them as often as I did last year, I still make them…or at least I intend to. On Sunday I fully intended to make scones using Dorie Greenspan’s recipe…but then I remembered all the pain au chocolat that I’ve been ... More About: Great , Muffins , Yellow , Taste , Grain
Get thee to the farmers? market and a how to for pan sauce
2008-04-19 18:40:00 That’s right my fellow Madisonians and Middletonians…today marks the start of the blessed farmeres’ market season. So if you’re reading this on Saturday as you drink a cup of coffee and ponder what to do with your day, get up and go…they’re selling until 1:00 so you’ve got time. I was at the Westside Community Market ... More About: Local , Sauce , Farmers
Berry my heart in a galette
2008-04-15 23:31:00 There is so much to be said for simple food. This scrumptious galette took no more than 20 minutes to make, not counting the time I left it in the refrigerator to rest. The crust is crisp, flaky, and of course, buttery, and the berrys are tender, succulent, and sweet. I think I started making ... More About: Berry , Heart
Balsamic chicken with porcini and lentilles de Puy
2008-04-11 21:26:00 I made the balsamic chicken that I read about over at Cooking and Eating in the Windy City and while I didn’t follow the recipe, I did come up with an excellent meal that satisfied and soothed. Stove top braises are satisfying because you can hover about the kitchen, occasionally peeking under the lid, spooning ... More About: Chicken , Porcini
The beef
2008-04-08 21:27:00 It’s rainy and cold around here right now. T.S. Eliot said that April is the cruelest month and he certainly hit the nail on the head. Funny how weather like this in Paris didn’t even phase me but here it sure does get me down. That and the fact that my fearless minivan, hauler of ... More About: Wisconsin , Beef
Porky deliciousness
2008-04-04 19:00:00 I wish I knew what to call this pork creation. I suppose if I’d rolled them into balls they could be meatballs but actually I was trying to recreate a dish Dave ordered in Paris…it had a big long French name written in cursive on a chalkboard and when the waiter kindly translated it for ...
Buckwheat galette ?WHB
2008-04-02 21:40:00 This post should actually be called “what I learned on my vacation, part 1″. That’s because I never ate a buckwheat galette until going to Paris and now it’s all I think about. Wow, do I have some ground to make up. But isn’t it always the case…you’re chugging along through life, you go ... More About: Buckwheat
Eating in Paris - Pierre Hermé Macarons
2008-03-30 18:15:00 My love of macarons is profound…macarons are profound, or they can be in the hands of a genius. Pierre Hermé’s Macaron Arabesque is pure genius…starting from the middle and working outward it is a caramelized pistachio praline surrounded by luscious apricot cream, sandwiched between two pistachio dusted meringue wafers delicately flavored with apricot. Another bite ... More About: Paris , Eating
Bonjour from Paris
2008-03-22 23:37:00 Despite all the usual travel woes, we made it to Paris yesterday…and it is c’est magnifique. However, my laptop and our hotel’s internet are not playing well together, and despite the best efforts of GH and Anita, the lovely and tres helpful Directrice d’Hotel, it is not going to happen. Right now I’m using the ...
Boozy bananas
2008-03-15 14:46:00 I’ve let you down and I know it…my head hangs in shame. I wish I could do better for you than a boozy, sugary, banana topping for ice cream. It is a delicious mess but I certainly won’t win any prizes for originality or styling. I confess that my creative cooking mojo is on the ...
Chimichurri chicken, rice, and artichokes
2008-03-11 23:16:00 This is geek fast food ala Trader Joe’s. But unlike drive-thru fast food, nothing here will make you queasy, it’s all good for you, it costs less than drive-thru fast food, and you can enjoy a bottle of two buck chuck while you prepare it. Ooops….before I forget, it’s delicious. Also, save all the ... More About: Rice , Chicken
Chocolate amaretto torte?and 5 sordid facts
2008-03-08 06:19:00 I’m a lucky girl, I bake my birthday cake and when I turn it out onto the rack I discover a heart-shape on the bottom of the cake. Yep, that’s right…it’s my birthday weekend. I’ll actually turn 47 on Monday but in this family we celebrate for a whole weekend. It usually involves a ... More About: Facts , Chocolate , Torte
Crepes
2008-03-05 00:58:00 I’ve spent quite a lot of time preparing for our upcoming vacation to Paris. There are David Lebovitz’s Paris pointers to check out, drool over, then add to the google map, there are restaurants to scout out at Zagat, and they too must be added to the map, there are museums, gardens, markets, and monuments ... More About: Crepes
Grinding my own garam
2008-03-01 00:12:00 Spicy food is something I love, but even though I have a cabinet full of spices I’ve never actually made my own garam masala before. This is mostly because I’m incredibly lazy but it’s also because we have a Penzeys Spice Store here in town…I always assumed that their blends are as good as fresh. ...
Be my baby bok choy
2008-02-26 02:39:00 Remember those green beans I put in the freezer last summer? The technique of freezing them fresh without blanching them first was absolute perfection. But alas, those beans are gone and I’m in need of something green. I grabbed some bok choy at the Co-op and it was flavorful and delicious…stir-fried with garlic, tons of ... More About: Baby
Good day sunshine
2008-02-24 03:55:00 No it’s not local, but I felt a touch of the scurvy coming on so I indulged in some citrus. Actually three kinds: navel oranges, tangelos, and (my favorite) blood oranges. I dressed them up with a sprinkle of cinnamon, a tiny dash of vanilla, and a banana. Such a brilliant flavor and it really ... More About: Sunshine , Good
Light as a feather?tiramisu
More articles from this author:2008-02-21 04:08:00 As a young girl, me and my friends would have slumber parties and invariably we’d play Light As A Feather . In case you aren’t familiar, it’s a game where one girl lays down on her back and all the other girls gather around her and together lift her body off the ground, each girl using ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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