http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:44:36 -0700 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:56:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Stuffed-bell-peppers-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner You know the season has well and truly turned to fall when you come home to a big pot of stuffed bell peppers for dinner.They’re hearty, easy to make, and each pepper is a self-contained, individual serving. Each serving is a complete meal: a p... casseroles rice and grains main dishes Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:56:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Stuffed-bell-peppers-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Splendidly-slow-food--lamb-shanks-with-farro-and-butternut-squash?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Lamb shanks can’t be rushed. But your patience will turn out a main course with rich and intricate flavors and meltingly tender meat.Lamb shanks are multi-cultural too, at home with the flavors of Greece (rosemary, juniper, mint), the Middle Ea... main dishes lamb Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:57:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Splendidly-slow-food--lamb-shanks-with-farro-and-butternut-squash?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Amish-friendship-bread-starter--pet-or-food-product?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Amish Friendship Bread Starter, shown here as a pet., Liz Jr.Amish Friendship Bread Starter looks pretty harmless in its plastic bag when you accept it from a friend. Alas, it requires feeding and grooming, you have to burp it, and ultimately you&rsq... breakfast Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:36:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Amish-friendship-bread-starter--pet-or-food-product?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d6-How-to-make-homemade-ravioli?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Pumpkin ravioli with sage and browned butterIf you can make your own pasta, you can make your own ravioli: true or false?Could go either way. Pasta, after the first try, is pretty straightforward. Ravioli, on the other hand, can be tricky; as soon a... pasta Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:23:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d6-How-to-make-homemade-ravioli?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d2-5050-potato-latke-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner It’s hard to beat a classic latke—potato pancake—unless you love sweet potatoes. In that case, dealing in a healthy dose of sweet potato would make a classic potato pancake significantly more appealing, if such a thing could be poss... breakfast side dishes Latke Fest Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:40:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m11d2-5050-potato-latke-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Easy-crockpot-applesauce-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Warm, homemade applesauce for breakfast with granola garnish and a cream chaser.It’s hard to believe that there’s an easier way to do applesauce, but if you have a crock-pot, here it is:All you need:a crock-potat least 5 pounds of applesa... seasonal fruit breakfast Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:12:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Easy-crockpot-applesauce-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d27-A-piperade-recipe-for-fresh-bell-peppers?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner A Basque Piperade in an ovenproof dish,  waiting to be baked with eggs.Piperade, the classic Basque stew of peppers, is a beautiful dish, colorful, richly flavored, and versatile.Basically it’s peppers—and plenty of ’em—s... breakfast Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:59:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d27-A-piperade-recipe-for-fresh-bell-peppers?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Upsidedown-pork-chop-casserole-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Inquiring carnivores wanted to know: if you can make an upside-down cake with fruit, why can’t you make one with meat? As it happens, you can. When you think about it, a stuffed turkey is just a bird with cake on the inside, Stuffe... casseroles Pork Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:37:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Upsidedown-pork-chop-casserole-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Grandmas-tomato-preserves-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Grandma's Tomato Preserves, the last jar of the 2008 season.I had never heard of tomato preserves before I met my husband.In his family it is unthinkable to eat pancakes without them. For many years after the boys left home (and by request after they... jam Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:49:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Grandmas-tomato-preserves-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Easy-homemade-tomato-sauce-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Easy homemade tomato sauce, ready for the freezerHomemade tomato sauce is in season. The tail end of the summer tomato crop is pouring into local markets, and prices are as low as they’re going to get.It’s less work than you worried it w... fresh produce Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:56:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Easy-homemade-tomato-sauce-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Fall-recipe-Chipotleapple-chutney-with-dates-and-walnuts?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Chipotle-Apple Chutney with Dates and Walnuts on a turkey sandwich Chutney is a way to savor the season after it’s gone. And fall more than most, is a season to remind you that the clock is running. Not satisfied to confine itself to toast and... fresh fruit Fall cookbook Fall appetizers Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Fall-recipe-Chipotleapple-chutney-with-dates-and-walnuts?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Fall-recipes-roast-loin-of-pork-stuffed-with-pears-and-figs?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Roast loin of pork stuffed with figs and fresh pears Fall loves a pork roast, a pork roast loves fruit. It’s in the nature of this lighter, sweeter meat to favor fruit, and fall fruits especially favor pork. Two fall favorites, pears and figs,... Fall cookbook Fall recipes Fall entrees Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:18:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Fall-recipes-roast-loin-of-pork-stuffed-with-pears-and-figs?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Fall-Recipe-spicy-ovenfried-sweet-potatoes?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Spicy oven-fried sweet potatoes Fried stuff is the best stuff, with fried potatoes near the top of the list and fried sweet potatoes somewhere above that. And yet, it’s baking that brings out the best in sweet potatoes, There’s a scienti... Fall cookbook fall sides Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:24:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Fall-Recipe-spicy-ovenfried-sweet-potatoes?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Acorn-squash-stuffed-with-spicy-chililamb-couscous?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Acorn squash stuffed with lamb-chili couscous Acorn squash, the perennial side dish, steps up to the plate as an entree with a little help from its friends lamb and couscous, and a kick from chili.Stuffed with spicy lamb, couscous and currants, acor... rice and grains main dishes Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:56:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Acorn-squash-stuffed-with-spicy-chililamb-couscous?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d28-How-to-cook-pimientos-de-patron?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Pimientos de Padron at the Berkeley Farmers' MarketPimientos de Padron are one of those amazing foods Calvin Trillin describes and eats (Feeding a Yen, Random House, 2001) in places you’ve never been and are not likely ever to go. At the time o... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:29:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d28-How-to-cook-pimientos-de-patron?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Banana-banana-upsidedown-cake-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Banana cake, upside-down with even more bananas.No fruit sheds its youthful good looks more quickly than a banana.But a thing of beauty is only a skin-deep joy forever; an elderly banana is sweet, creamy and rich. And they make one of the all-time g... dessert Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:15:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Banana-banana-upsidedown-cake-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Spicy-Roasted-Cauliflower-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Roasted cauliflower with brown rice and lentils and mango chutney.Cauliflower roasts beautifully. Roasting concentrates the flavor and delivers cauliflower that is tender to the fork, but not mushy, with crispy, golden edges where the plant sugars c... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:21:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Spicy-Roasted-Cauliflower-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d19-Three-bonus-recipes-for-BLT-Risotto?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Golden Risotto Cakes with Greens If you didn’t finish the BLT Risotto you made for dinner last night, here are three great ways to use up the leftovers:Bonus Recipe #1: Huevos RisottoUsing a 1/4 cup measure (a releasable ice cream scoop is... risotto breakfast Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:52:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d19-Three-bonus-recipes-for-BLT-Risotto?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d17-BLT-risotto-plus-three-bonus-recipes?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Bacon (B) and tomato (T) risotto, with L on the side.Bacon and tomato sandwiches and risotto are two of Nature’s Most Perfect Foods, therefore, bacon and tomatoes in risotto would form an even more perfect union, right?They would.Together they... risotto Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:32:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d17-BLT-risotto-plus-three-bonus-recipes?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Peach-and-fig-galette-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner Peach and fig galetteThere is a brief interlude at the end of summer when late season peaches and fresh figs intersect for a few weeks as the last few golden days of summer fade into fall.Perfect timing.By now you’re no longer charmed by peach ... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:41:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5885-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Peach-and-fig-galette-recipe?cid=exrss-Berkeley-Cooking-Examiner