Month: January 2016

Pepitas, or Pumpkin Seeds

Pepitas, or Pumpkin Seeds

  . An incredible morning at the Rock Fence Cabin at ABR…it makes it easy to get up at dawn.  All of these awesome winterland and cabin photos are by Coleen Sullins who is joining us here in the land of snow while her home 

Adobo Black Bean Soup

Adobo Black Bean Soup

  This was another hearty soup from the deli days.  The cinnamon and clove really help build the layers of flavor, not to mention they smell heavenly while simmering.  The ingredients and flavors are of a Mexican móle or adobo with the cocoa, oregano and clove.  We 

Pumpkin French Toast

Pumpkin French Toast

  Photos from the Mars Rover? Microscopic view of caterpillar skin? The inside of volcano Popocatépetl in Mexico? Satellite images of erosion in Death Valley? A Fire Lizard?         ….or extremely curious skin from my baked squash with light shining through it. 

Don Don Noodles

Don Don Noodles

  I was introduced to this dish by my friend Kristen years ago when she created it as a special for the deli.  She made it with peanut butter, served it room temperature and it was a favorite of the clientele. Dan Dan Mien, or ‘peddler’s noodles’, of