Tag Archives: traditional

Black Eyed Peas

Posted on December 31, 2011 by scarpettakate

Serving black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is a well-honored Southern tradition, meant to usher in luck and prosperity for the coming year; the peas are said to signify coins, the accompanying greens and cornbread connoting cash and gold. Black-eyed … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged black eyed peas, lucky, New Year's Day, side dish, Southern, traditional, vegetable | 4 Comments

Panforte di Siena

Posted on December 9, 2011 by scarpettakate

Panforte di Siena is a specialty of that Tuscan town, a chewy-gooey confection that tastes like Christmas even if you’ve never set foot in Italy: sweet spices and honey, candied citrus, dried fruits, almonds and hazelnuts. On the books as … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged cake, candy, Christmas, confection, dessert, dried fruit, edible gifts, fruit, holiday, homemade, italian, Italian Christmas cake, nuts, traditional, Tuscan | 4 Comments

Irish Soda Bread

Posted on March 5, 2011 by scarpettakate

Well, dearhearts, our table is nearly set for a Saint Patrick’s Day dinner party: we’ve got braised lamb, Irish cheeses, colcannon with kale, pints of Guinness. And if I can manage to abstain from devouring the entire loaf before dinner, … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged baking soda, bread, breakfast, brown soda bread, buttermilk, caraway seeds, currants, Ireland, Irish, soda bread, St. Patrick's Day, toast, traditional, whole wheat | 13 Comments

Colcannon

Posted on March 2, 2011 by scarpettakate

My grandfather, the child of Irish immigrants, wasn’t a big fan of Saint Patrick’s Day. I’m not sure if that came from a desire to assimilate, common as that is among first generation Americans, or a disdain for the green-beer-and-leprechauns … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged garlic, Ireland, Irish, kale, mashed potatoes, side dish, St. Patrick's Day, traditional, vegetarian | 13 Comments

Classic Brownies

Posted on January 26, 2011 by scarpettakate

Brownies can be baked in a million variations, and I think I may have met them all: cakey, fudgey, frosted, out of a box, made from scratch, some with nuts, some without. Caramel-swirled, cherry-studded, creme de menthed and cheesecaked. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged baking, best, brownies, chocolate, chocolate chips, classic, dessert, Hummingbird Bakery, rich, sweets, traditional, walnuts | 6 Comments

Cioppino

Posted on December 29, 2010 by scarpettakate

After a brief delay, Dungeness crab season is in full, seafood-y swing in San Francisco. With a rich, clean flavor and a substantial texture (closer to lobster or snow crab than the silky, tender shreds of Atlantic blues), Dungeness is … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged chowder, crab, dungeness, fish stock, healthy, italian, local, pescetarian, San Francisco, seafood, soup, stew, tomato, traditional | 2 Comments

Sugar Cookies

Posted on December 22, 2010 by scarpettakate

Sugar cookies, the hallmark of the holiday season, are so reassuring in their simplicity: flour, sugar, eggs, butter, a pinch of salt & vanilla. It’s the arrangement (and the temperature) of those ingredients that counts: are the cookies chalky or … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged baking, butter, Christmas, cookies, cut out cookies, dessert, frosted, gifting, royal icing, Santa, sugar, sweets, traditional | 4 Comments

Gingerbread

Posted on December 15, 2010 by scarpettakate

We are in full Christmas swing, friends. The tree is trimmed, the halls are decked, I’ve had about three gallons of seasonal lattes, I’ve already indulged in a little wassailing (hello, amaretto) and my “Hot Toddy Holiday Mix” is steady … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged baking, cake, Christmas, cinnamon, dessert, elegant, ginger, holiday, molasses, sweets, traditional | 10 Comments

Pfeffernüsse

Posted on December 8, 2010 by scarpettakate

Pfeffernüsse! Perhaps the only cookie to beat out snickerdoodles in the “fun-to-say-it” department, pfeffernüsse literally translates from German to “pepper-nuts”, a nod to its spiced molasses flavor (a bit of actual black pepper included), finely chopped almonds and nuggety little … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged almonds, cardamom, Christmas, Christmas cookies, cinnamon, cookies, German, German spice cookies, holiday, molasses, pepper, powdered sugar, spiced, traditional, types of molasses, vegetarian | 19 Comments

Tom Yum Goong

Posted on September 25, 2010 by scarpettakate

As of yesterday at noon, I was about 97% sure I was going forward in Project Food Blog, the contest I entered over at Foodbuzz. So sure, in fact, that I went ahead and made a recipe for Challenge #2, … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes, Travel | Tagged classic, fish sauce, galangal, hot and sour, keffir lime leaves, lemongrass, pescetarian, prawns, shrimp, soup, Southeast Asian, Thai, Thailand, tom yum goong, traditional | 15 Comments