the bunueloni

savory coeur a la cremes

la jota: where italy meets central europe

ode on a fresh turkey
I always brine.  I know just by admitting this, I’m an anachronism in the food world, so yesterday.  But I like the slightly slick juiciness that brining gives to white meat, and it’s never hurt my dark meat.  Plus, it’s one slightly gross, slightly perverse aspect of Thanksgiving that Retrogrouch and I share.  He’s not [...]

cranberry sauce alternatives
And since I’m on a blogging roll, I wanted to brag about my Punchy Cranberry Sauce again this year.  Need a cranberry sauce recipe to wow your friends?  You’ve come to the right place.  Ginger Street and Northwest Orangezest, turn left at the bog. But if you insist, there are some alternatives on this old Chow [...]

holiday help line
And just a reminder, since the Register-Guard Thanksgiving food section failed to note that we’ve got a terrific local resource and don’t need to rely on the Butterball corporate hotline… and the local radio DJs reported on people calling 411 for turkey help… HOLD THE PHONE! The OSU Extension-Lane County Master Food Preservers are ready and waiting to [...]

gifts in a jar 2009
Now that I’ve overseen my second annual “Holiday Gifts in a Jar” class for the Master Food Preservers, I’m in jar gift mode, and I thought I’d share the bounty of my research with you.  Once a week, from now until New Year’s Day, I’ll be posting a recipe or link to something unusual and [...]

dark days challenge: squashed
I joined up with the bloggers doing the Dark Days Winter Eat Local Challenge, a once-weekly meal made from SOLE ingredients (sustainable, organic, local and ethical).  Since so much of what we eat here at Raccoon Tree Acres is from the local farms, I thought it wouldn’t be a problem to showcase one meal a [...]