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• Flavored Butters for Vegetables
  on Aug 14, 2009 in How to Make
  Flavored butters have been a not-so-well-kept secret of cooks since the “compound butters” of classic French cuisine.  I’ve used them for years to jazz up grilled meats and fish, but just recently discovered how wonderfully they f...
• Playing with Corn, Part 2
  on Aug 12, 2009 in Uncategorized Vegetable Chat chili-lime butter Corn oven roasting steamed
  Okay, so oven roasting corn wrapped in aluminum foil should more aptly be described as “steamed.”  I think I knew that when I began this experiment yesterday.  It didn’t develop any roasted or grilled flavor, but here’s the...
• Playing with Corn
  on Aug 11, 2009 in Vegetable Chat chili-lime butter Corn grilled corn microwave roasted corn
  Corn has always been one of my favorite vegetables, and here we are in August … one of the best months for fresh corn.  This morning I bought 6 ears at 3 for a dollar.  Not a bad price, and the kernels look small and bursting with moisture. ...
• A Cucumber Memory
  on Aug 10, 2009 in Recipes "Julie and Julia" "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" cucumbers Julia Child Meryl Streep Veal Orloff
  When “Julie and Julia” opened last Friday, I was standing in line with Freddy waiting to buy a ticket.  I couldn’t wait to see how Meryl Streep portrayed my cooking idol. Streep was wonderful, as she always is.  The food was beau...
• Potato Love, Or Not
  on Jun 19, 2009 in Vegetable Chat carbohydrates potato potatoes
  In a recent blog article on www.cookinganystyle.com, Patricia wrote about potatoes, their nutritional value, and how to prepare them.  And at one point she said, “We all eat potatoes … “  This started me thinking about my love/hat...
• Lobster Creamed Corn
  on Jun 12, 2009 in How to Make Bohanan's creamed corn lobster macaroni and cheese San Antonio vegetable side dish
  My husband and I recently took a trip to San Antonio, Texas, where we searched for authentic Mexican food.  Not the Tex-Mex variety, but the real South-of-the-Border stuff.  It’s not easy to find in San Antonio, but we did locate several smal...
• Leftover Ham Makes Splendid Pea Soup
  on Apr 13, 2009 in Recipes dried peas ham ham leftovers pea soup
  There was no such thing as leftovers in our house when I was growing up.  Every bit of the roast had its part to play in the week’s menu.  And it was almost always the same, so we came to expect certain variations on the ham theme. Easter Su...
• A Tomato Paste Rant
  on Apr 1, 2009 in Vegetable Chat beef stew Hawaiian beef stew organic organic products Safeway tomato paste Vegetable Products
  Since vegetablegoddess.com is about all things vegetable, I thought I’d share with you my recent misadventures with tomato paste.  I hope it keeps you from making the same mistake. One night last week, I was making beef stew local style (which...
• Alice Waters “Shudders”
  on Mar 17, 2009 in Vegetable Chat Alice Waters frozen vegetables Lesley Stahl seasonal vegetables Vegetable Thoughts vegetables
  When Lesley Stahl of CBS News interviewed Alice Waters a few days ago, she said that when Waters hears the word “frozen,” she shudders. Waters, as I’m sure you know, is a renowned chef and the owner of Chez Panisse restaurant in B...
• Quick Roasted Carrots
  on Mar 11, 2009 in How to Make carrots roasted carrots roasted vegetables
  One of the complaints I hear about preparing fresh vegetables is the length of time it takes. And this is especially true of roasted veggies. People love the taste, but are discouraged by what seems to be a long, slow process. I guess the word ̶...

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