Who Knew? Chayote to the Rescue!
February 11, 2010 by Lynn
Filed under Food Experiments
I saw a Texan lady “throw down” with Bobby Flay, and she tossed some sliced chayote on the grill. I realized I’d never tasted one, so I picked one up at the market for 70 cents. It’s new to me, but this unusual veggie pear saved my pork chop dinner. We hadn’t had good old [...]
Gourmet Treats for Shoechefs’ Dogs
February 1, 2010 by Lynn
Filed under Food Experiments
We know that a lot of you spend as much time, effort and money on your pets as your friends & family. I’m not sure what this says about our society, but we’ll leave that question for others to chew on. Anyway, my golden lab/ sharpei was looking at me so wistfully while I baked holiday [...]
Mushroom Massacre
It was another cookbook recipe testing night at our house so the usual Oregon group–momchef, CGO (chief GOpher) Jamie and CFP (chief food photographer) Shelby-convened to finalize Ravioli with Mushroom-Shallot Sauce. Makes my mouth water just looking at the pictures because the flavor is one that would send a zagat rating soaring. However, as often happens with our [...]
Swiss Christmas
Christmas at our house always means going back to the best parts of Grandpa Scheller’s Swiss roots–gooey cheese fondue, comforting chocolate drinks and thin lemon bratzeli cookies. We also tolerate the family yodeling and cow bells ringing on our doors. Through the years we’ve experimented with lots of cheese fondue recipes and finally perfected it to our [...]
Molasses-Pumpkin Ice Cream Sandwiches
Fall brings a craving for what I like to call “cozy spices” (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves) and, of course, all things pumpkin. We’ve perfected a decades old family recipe for Molasses Cookies that’s spicy, super chewy and has no butter. That makes it virtually a health food according to our Nana. We also love pumpkin ice [...]
