Nikas Culinaria - eat with your eyes

What is hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)? You know already

St. Patricks day brisket – sous vide style

Organic Buckwheat Kefir pancakes with unsulfered molasses

Crunchy Hippy Fresh Ground Whole Wheat Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

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Monday, October 8, 2007

Pear-licious recipe development

(Image from USA Pear media library) Its FINALLY starting to cool off to a seasonal fall temperature around here, helping me feel a bit more in-season. The tree colors peaked this weekend, yesterday was psychedelic with the riotous oranges, yellows, and reds of the sugar maples around here. Other than pumpkins and gourds and squashes [...]

Friday, July 6, 2007

Nuts for nutty nut-less decadence

(Banana tart with soybean praline base, enrobed with banana chocolate sauce) Nuts, especially peanuts and walnuts, are lethal for my oldest child. They are also delicious, found in many of the desserts that make life worth living, and are almost impossible to simulate. I do not like peanut butter, don’t miss it, but I have always felt [...]

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Fresh Is Out: Canned Is In

Because this is my own little nano-bully pulpit, I have to relate something I overheard at the grocery store the other day. I have been trying to come to terms with what was said and how I have been reacting to it, over time. This post is part of that process. Your comments [...]

Friday, April 20, 2007

Local Food: Brookfield Orchards in Brookfield, MA: a phototour

(Apple Dumpling with vanilla ice cream and cheddar cheese) Here in central Massachusetts, we have an abundance of apple orchards. When tourists come to this region in the summer, they expect to do a few very specific things – buy antiques, pick apples, visit 18th century New England at Old Sturbridge Village, and enjoy a rural [...]

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Fruity stragglers

I am posting a few stragglers that have come out of my recent experiments to wrap them up. Tomorrow I will be going to the Photoshop World show in Boston so I will be a bit out of the loop. I hope to be able to snag some software that I need to get back to [...]

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Posted on Nov 05

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Sourdough bread shoot

Shots of a sourdough bread boule from the Sturbridge Bread Company in Sturbridge,...

Posted on Nov 02

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Bag of carrots (20 medium sized ones) small cubes small bag of parsnips (10 smallish ones) small cubes 1/4 cup minced crystallized ginger small onion, chopped into small pieces 2 tblspoons butter 2 teaspoons tumeric 8 ounce pck pre-sliced baby bella mushrooms coconut creme (its pretty fluid at room temp) 2 quarts chicken broth Finish: heavy cream sour cream basil sprigs brie...

Posted on Oct 24

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Homemade Adzuki Tea Sweet

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } TeaSweet2, originally uploaded by nikaboyce. Afternoon snack – homemade adzuki sweet bean paste “tea sweet”. Just boiled adzuki beans with a bit of sugar added to the boil towards...

Posted on Oct 21

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Milk

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Posted on Oct 11

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Instead of Foie Gras or some REAL food

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Posted on Oct 11

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Fruits of our garden

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Posted on Oct 11

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Steak

A london broil steak – very delicious I have been getting A LOT of hits on this very old post. Not much content here but a picture of a steak! Please take a moment to write in the comments on how you found your way to this photo. Thanks ahead...