Giveaway: Ad Hoc at Home (Hardcover)
Wow, what a lot great recipes for home-cooked dishes! This has surely one of our best giveaways yet – thank you all so much for participating!
I’m pleased to announce that the winner of the Thomas Keller book is Elya (elfimka). Congratulations, Elya! Please email me with with shipping information and I’ll get the book out to right away.
Be sure to stop back now and again for news about the next giveaway :-)
I have a copy of this book in front of me right now, and let me tell you- it rocks!
“In the book every home cook has been waiting for, the revered Thomas Keller turns his imagination to the American comfort foods closest to his heart—flaky biscuits, chicken pot pies, New England clam bakes, and cherry pies so delicious and redolent of childhood that they give Proust’s madeleines a run for their money. Keller, whose restaurants The French Laundry in Yountville, California, and Per Se in New York have revolutionized American haute cuisine, is equally adept at turning out simpler fare.
In Ad Hoc at Home—a cookbook inspired by the menu of his casual restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville—he showcases more than 200 recipes for family-style meals. This is Keller at his most playful, serving up such truck-stop classics as Potato Hash with Bacon and Melted Onions and grilled-cheese sandwiches, and heartier fare including beef Stroganoff and roasted spring leg of lamb. In fun, full-color photographs, the great chef gives step-by-step lessons in kitchen basics— here is Keller teaching how to perfectly shape a basic hamburger, truss a chicken, or dress a salad. Best of all, where Keller’s previous best-selling cookbooks were for the ambitious advanced cook, Ad Hoc at Home is filled with quicker and easier recipes that will be embraced by both kitchen novices and more experienced cooks who want the ultimate recipes for American comfort-food classics.”
OK, so here’s the deal. Submit a recipe (use the comment area below) for a favorite home-cooked dish (preferably featuring fresh, local ingredients) and I’ll put your name in the hat for the drawing. Pretty easy! Submit 2 recipes and I’ll put your name in twice. Blog, Stumble or Twitter about the giveaway and I’ll put your name in once more!
The recipe(s) that you submit don’t have to be fancy and can be just about anything, so long as its yours or one that has been handed down in your family. The winner will be drawn at random from all qualifying entries. I can only ship the book to a US address (sorry), but everyone is welcome to participate!
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Lemon Poppyseed Cookies
Sprouted flour, pastured butter, honey, fresh lemon and poppyseeds are the only ingredients you’ll need for this wholesome treat..
Lemon Poppyseed Cookies
Makes about 18 cookies (adapted from a recipe by Michael Ruhlman)
3 oz raw honey
6 oz pastured butter (1 1/2 sticks), softened
9 oz sprouted flour, finely milled
zest of 2 small lemons
1 tablespoon poppyseeds
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Using an electric mixer, whip together honey and softened butter until light and fluff. Stir in the zest of 2 lemons (a micro-plane works best for producing tiny zest), poppyseeds and vanilla (if using). With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour a little at a time until just combined. Turn out the dough onto a piece of parchment paper and roll into a log about 2 inches in diameter. Twist the ends and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Using a thin-bladed knife, cut the dough into 3/8 inch-thick rounds and place on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven until light golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Best eaten within 2 days, not that that should pose a problem for anybody :-)
Farmhouse Delivery Launches New Farm Membership Program
In an effort to create a sustainable revenue stream for local growers, Austin’s Farmhouse Delivery is launching a new seasonal farm membership.
Each bushel (available weekly or bi-weekly) will contain about 10 different types of all-local produce, including things like turnips, sweet potatoes, fennel, broccoli, greens, citrus and heirloom cauliflower, all delivered right to your door.
Running from November 2nd through December 21st, membership includes invitations to exclusive Rain Lily Farm events including demonstrations, dinners, cooking classes and more.
The deadline to sign up is October 30th, so better hurry!
Farmhouse Delivery Seasonal Bushel photo by Jody Horton, www.jodyhorton.com
Eat fresh, eat local – support your farmers!
Elderberry Syrup
“European elder is a plant native to Europe, Northern Africa, and Western-and Central Asia. Its flowers and berries have a long history of use in traditional European medicine. Elder berries have also been used for making preserves, wines, winter cordials, and for adding flavor and color to other wines. Native Americans used the flowers, berries, and bark of elderberry trees to treat fevers and joint pain for hundreds of years, but elderberry’s real claim to fame is as a cure for the flu. Israeli researchers have developed five formulas based on elderberry fruit that have been clinically proven to prevent and ameliorate all kinds of influenza.” –Mountain Rose Herbs
“This syrup is especially helpful for those with colds or flu. The elderberry will assist with the healing while the added cinnamon, ginger and cloves will help the syrup to be warming and the honey adds an antibiotic and quality while also making the syrup soothing for sore throats and coughs. Take 1 tablespoon per hour during illness. Elderberry syrup is also a wonderful preventative so you can take a few tablespoons of this syrup each day during cold and flu season to help avoid getting sick. Better yet, pour it over your pancakes and benefit from it’s health promoting properties while enjoying this special breakfast treat!” –HerbMentor
1/4 pound dried organic elderberries (Sambucus nigra)
5 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 heaping tablespoon grated fresh ginger
2 cups filtered water
1 cup raw honey
Combine all ingredients except honey in a small pot. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer until the liquid has reduced in volume by half, about 25 minutes. Allow to cool to room temperature, then stir in honey. Transfer to a sterile jar and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Take up to 1 tablespoon per hour during illness or up to 3 tablespoons per day during cold and flu season to help avoid getting sick.
This post is part of The Food Renegade’s Fight Back Fridays
For educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Kentucky Bourbon-Glazed Chicken
Local, pastured chicken brined overnight with garlic, peppercorns and lemon peel, then slow-roasted with homemade coarse mustard, wild honey, fresh tarragon and Kentucky bourbon..
Kentucky Bourbon-Glazed Chicken
For the Brine (adapted from a sub-recipe by Thomas Keller)
8 cups filtered water
1/3 cup kosher salt
2 oz raw honey
6 bay leaves
10 unpeeled garlic cloves
1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
1/2 bunch fresh thyme
1/2 bunch fresh parsley
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
1/4 cup lemon juice
Combine all ingredients in a pot and boil for 1 minute to dissolve the salt. Transfer to a large bowl and allow to cool to room temperature, then chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Add chicken pieces to the brine and press to submerge. Refrigerate overnight.
For the Glaze
1/4 cup homemade coarse mustard
2 tablespoons raw honey
2 tablespoons pastured butter, melted
1 1/2 oz good Kentucky bourbon
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons white onion, minced
1 teaspoon fresh tarragon, minced
1 teaspoon fresh parsley, minced
sea salt and freshly-ground pepper
To prepare
Drain chicken and pat dry. Lightly coat on all sides with glaze , then place in a 325 degree oven for 20 minutes. Turn up the heat to 375 and cook another 10-15 minutes until the skin has crisped and the juices run clear.
Home canning lids coated with bisphenol A
Did you know that Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest and Bernardin brand canning lids are coated with bisphenol A (BPA)?!
- Plastic Not Fantastic with Bisphenol A (www.scientificamerican.com)
- US FDA statement on bisphenol A from 2008
- 1998 Frontline Fooling With Nature, interview Fredrick Vom Saal, Ph.D.
- Plastics Industry Bisphenol A information site
- An Endocrine/Estrogen Letter special Report on BPA
- Gross L (June 2007). “The Toxic Origins of Disease“. PLoS Biol. 5 (7): e193. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050193. PMID 17594178. PMC: 1896186. http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050193. – an essay examining some of the evidence and effects.
- Myers, John Peterson; et al. (March 2009). “Why Public Health Agencies Cannot Depend on Good Laboratory Practices as a Criterion for Selecting Data: The Case of Bisphenol A“. Environmental Health Perspectives 17 (3): 309–315. http://www.ehponline.org/members/2008/0800173/0800173.html.
- Hazard in a bottle Attempt to regulate BPA in California defeated (from The Economist)
- News Story about Canadian Study on PBA Free Marketed Bottles not being BPA Free
- Bondesson, M.; Jönsson, J.; Pongratz, I.; Olea, N.; Cravedi, J.; Zalko, D.; Håkansson, H.; Halldin, K. et al. (Jul 2009). “A CASCADE of effects of bisphenol A”. Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.). doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.06.014. ISSN 0890-6238. PMID 19577634. edit
- How to Protect Your Baby from BPA (Bisphenol A)
