Poaching has never been my preferred method for cooking eggs. Give me an over-medium egg fried in butter any day. Yet I’ve been compelled to poach eggs in hopes of replicating a warm bistro salad I fell in love with at my favorite Eugene restaurant. The egg sits atop a bed of frisee that’s been [...]
Friday’s news that two Medford firefighters had died in an all-terrain vehicle accident hit close to home. My own husband is a firefighter and, like all in that profession, mourns any misfortune — whether on-duty or off — that befalls a compatriot. I received word Friday morning after a friend had called in the middle [...]
Taking a drastic yet much-needed step toward reducing consumer waste, Ashland Food Co-op started charging customers Tuesday for every grocery sack they need at the check-out stand. Those who read this blog’s Feb. 1 entry already know that I’m an advocate of shopping with your own reusable sacks and so applaud the Co-op’s effort. [...]
If you love paella, Chris Dennett has an offer you can hardly refuse. Tonight at his Elements Tapas Bar and Lounge, Dennett and his chef, Chad Smith, are firing up two brand-new, 36-inch paella pans with the goal of serving between 50 and 70 people. Twenty dollars per person buys an endless plate of Elements’ [...]
Food as healthy for the Earth as it is for the body is one attraction of Saturday’s Rogue Valley Earth Day Celebration at Ashland’s ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum. Event-goers can nosh on falafel, gyros, hummus and pita, vegetable pulao, chana masala, paneer masala and somosas, all products of Pilaf Restaurant and Global Pantry. Grilla Bites will [...]
Like Mike and Deb De Bois, the Phoenix couple quoted in today’s A la Carte story about Passover, I never knew any Jewish families until college. My only exposure to Jewish food came by way of the kugel my mom occasionally concocted from a recipe she learned while working at a Coos Bay restaurant. When [...]
Just missing a trip to the national competition, 17-year-old Beth Leppek returned home from Seattle this weekend with the Best Teen Chef silver medal. “That’s like my first award I’ve gotten for cooking,” Leppek said. The North Medford High School senior was enthusiastic today about the second-place finish and anticipated some scholarship money to The [...]
A local high school senior could be the next “Best Teen Chef.” Beth Leppek, 17, will compete tomorrow in Seattle during the local round of Best Teen Chef at the city’s Art Institute. The winning teen in the field of 12 will go on to May’s final round in Las Vegas and claim a $3,000 [...]
That Jeff Shepherd would start up a candy company in the shadow of Harry and David likely was met with a bit of skepticism. Yet in the five years since Lillie Belle Farms started as a home-kitchen operation in Jacksonville, Shepherd has more than proven his mettle as a chocolatier and is rapidly becoming one [...]
Ever wanted to receive a box of fresh local vegetables, fruit, eggs, cheese, meat or even wine on your doorstep? Attend a meeting tonight at Medford’s RoxyAnn Winery to hear how you can participate in community-supported agriculture. The Rogue Valley is home to a half-dozen CSAs, a farming approach that took root in the area [...]
