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Ah, Duck Confit. So fancy sounding, so easy to make and preserve in your fridge for, well, maybe ever. Happily you won’t have to find out how long it lasts because once you’ve got it, you’ll eat it. Start here: Duck Confit for a recipe. And then… Duck Confit Salad 2 confit [...] 2 comments to Duck Confit SaladJennifer Coletti is the winner of the best chocolate chip cookies ever!! Thanks all for your feedback and love and we are humbled to have some many amazing readers. Stay tuned for lots more soon to come! Meanwhile, here’s a delish recipe for sweet potato fritters. When it starts with bacon and ends with maple syrup, [...] 1 comment to And the Winner Is…! and Sweet Potato & Bacon Fritters
The feedback we have gotten from our survey has been awesome. Thank you all that have answered for your feedback! More dinner recipes, tutorial videos and fun stuff to come. I promise to keep posting, thank you for hanging me on your fridge and I’ll keep talking to you like you are a busy home cook. [...] Since launching the feedback survey, and promising some lucky winner cookies, I’ve been thinking I want a really good cookie. Now, I’m not much of a baker. Its true I won a prize as a kid for my Peanut Butter Pockets, but as a grown up, I have little patience for the measuring, the mixing, [...] 2 comments to Cookies today, cookies in a week or two.
We here at the Gourmand & the Peasant are growing and stretching and need your feedback to help us along. If you take 2 minutes to respond to the survey, you’ll answer 10 questions that would be enormously helpful to us, and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win a fresh batch of cookies [...] I deviated pretty far from this recipe at today’s farmer’s market, but my new friends in Katonah-Lewisboro didn’t mind at all! The big reason for changing it was that there were no pumpkins when I arrived. A few different winter squashes took the place of the pumpkin and it was delicious. Curried Pumpkin Soup 2 [...] 3 comments to Curried Pumpkin Soup
The waning days of summer mean plump ripe melons, tomatoes, jalepenos and more herbs than the farmers know what to do with. Cilantro was a dollar a bunch at today’s market! Here’s a sweet twist on salsa, or a savory twist on fruit salad. Savory Melon Salsa Its rare that I post twice in one day, but I must share this with you. Here’s how it started: Pineapple-Scotch Bonnet Glaze (for grilled chicken) Place all the ingredients in a saucepan. Place over low heat and reduce to [...] So, not to brag or anything but one of the women that sampled these said these are “CRAZY GOOD!” Another said, “These are the best thing I’ve ever eaten.” Try them at home! They are super easy, the batter is kind of a cross between omelet and crepe and its a great use for zucchini [...] 2 comments to Zucchini Pancakes
After a few weeks off from the cooking demos today was my first day back. I left in summer and while technically it is still the same season, the fall bounty is starting to roll in off the fields. This is a delicious transitional soup for the change of seasons. Enjoy! Sweet & Cheesy Corn Chowder |
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I am an ICE alum. this post got me thinking of the salad we made in class with duck confit and chestnuts. But I like your take, duck confit is so rich, it needs some acidity provided by the oranges. Love what you are doing. Keep up the great work.
Hey Abby! Great to hear from you – thanks for the feedback. I’m not a huge fan of chestnuts, and I love the freshness from the oranges. What are you up to?