Month: January 2018

Scottish Beef Stew & Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Burns Night

Scottish Beef Stew & Chocolate Whiskey Cake

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It’s the rare person whose birthday is celebrated by an entire country 259 years after the fact. Even harder to believe is that this unusually beloved person achieved long-lasting fame as a poet, not to mention that he wrote much of his poetry in a dialect that is, to say the least, challenging for modern… Continue reading Scottish Beef Stew & Chocolate Whiskey Cake

Macaroni and Cheese with Cauliflower
Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Macaroni and Cheese with Cauliflower

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For Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we had a bit of a conundrum: could we try to acknowledge such an important man and movement with food?  And how could we pull it off without seeming shallow or stereotypical? A quick search revealed that King’s favorite dishes were traditional Southern ones: fried chicken, macaroni and cheese,… Continue reading Macaroni and Cheese with Cauliflower