Food & Wine. Art & Food History at Abi's Farmhouse Kitchen
CONFESSION. I am cheating. I am no longer faithful to recipes. I alter, tweak, change, and these days, stuff in whatever vegetable that appears to be wilting in the confines of my vegetable drawers…much like how countless generations of people before me cooked. And it dawned on me that this is a good subject for […]
I am sorry for Radio silence from me here in this old kitchen. Life has been so nuts and it’s odd that on the first day of Harvest 2014 (Merlot blocks came IN today!!) and on this very same day I pulled on my big girl panties and faced my fears: I got my Epidural on the […]
I admit it. I am bribing my kids with frozen blueberries so I can write up this recipe. But a bit of obfuscation is not necessarily a bad thing, right? So when I’ve been honing this recipe from a long-ago Yummy Mummy clipping, I’ve been covertly dosing my kids with big helpings of iron rich, […]
Few things make me glow brighter than a proper tea. Mom and I have actually traveled to some fun places while I was growing up for High Tea. Spots like the Plaza in New York or the Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada. It was even part of my etiquette curriculum in Finishing School. How to […]
Chicken Tikka Masala. Three little words that make any curry lover drool. I read recently that this simple chicken dish is singularly responsible for fostering the love of Indian foods throughout much of the western world. Ironically, this dish of chicken chunks (tikka) originated most likely in the United Kingdom, not the Punjab region of […]
Do you have wilting lettuce and greens in your fridge? Sure you do. We ALL do. I don’t a single hard working home-cook who always gets to the entire content of our vegetable drawers. And THIS is a great way to use them all up. So this is my go-to kitchen sink recipe that I […]
Baby leaves are sprouting. Mustard flowers blooming. Afternoons are warm and sunny. Spring is here! BUT it is still cold in the mornings (40s being cold here in California) and once the sun dips below the horizon, I still like to have something warm on the stove. Or in this case, the Oven. This is […]
I sat next to this awesome French guy last week. As we ate my Roasted Chicken with Lemons and Winter Root Vegetables, I took note of a spot of cheese standing solo on the edge of his plate. Now I bought that fancy cheese because he and his prominent food family and friends were coming […]
HARVEST “SALAD” Once the weather properly cools and it’s really “Fall”, I can pretty much guarantee I’ll gain a good 3-4 pounds. In about a week. Something about the heart warming smells and tastes of slow cooked, rich foods that makes me not care (too much) about a slight increase in girth. Out comes my […]
I recently read an article in the Huffington Post from a new Mama of two taking it easy on herself in a constant pursuit to lose the “baby weight.” Her words rang true to this new-ish Mama of two and in the spirit of happy gastronomy, I am back to cooking more than kale salads. […]
