If you’re looking for the Breakfast of Champions, this is it: Buttermilk Cornbread and a mess of greens. I’m currently validating recipes for my Thanksgiving Dinner classes at Kookoolan Farms, so I needed to make some cornbread. The best cornbread is made in a cast iron skillet. This recipe is for a 10″ skillet. Buttermilk [...]

Categories: baking, bread, breakfast, entertaining, side dish
Tagged: baking, bread, breakfast

Mmm, bacon. I need some bacon for the BLT From Scratch Challenge, and I’ve never cured meat before, so it’s time to do a test. For this first bacon I used the recipe and method in Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It. There are excellent recipes in Michael Ruhlman’s Charcuterie and The Paley’s Place Cookbook [...]

Categories: breakfast, charcuterie, dairy-free, gluten-free, mother recipe, preserving, technique
Tagged: charcuterie, dairy-free, gluten-free, mother recipe, preserving, salume, technique

If you’ve gone to the trouble of making yogurt, you really ought to consider making some granola to go along with it. The hardest part of making granola is deciding what to put into it.

Categories: breakfast, child friendly, dairy-free, gluten-free, mother recipe, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged: breakfast, child friendly, dairy-free, gluten-free, mother recipe, vegan, vegetarian