Cold brew has become one of the savings graces of warmer days in my life, and it’s ridiculously easy to make at home. You’re essentially extracting the coffee into more of a concentrate (which is why you’re typically see cold brew priced higher than coffee). The method I used comes from Cook’s illustrated’s Dan Souza, and is available on the website of America’s Test Kitchen. As if you could have any doubts now. I’ve combined a couple of steps, based on how I’ve been making at home the past two summers, and throw in the addition of rich cacao nibs, ripped off from my dear from Tom (who rules!). Continue reading »
Category Archives: Portlandia
In this edition of Weekend Brunching & Portlanding: A.N.D. Cafe
Most importantly, it was about time I tried one of their famous (and gluten-free) waffles. Continue reading »
Scenes, Beans and Zebra (Cup) Cakes
A combination of baketivism and plastic-wrapped nostalgia at its finest. These were for last weekend’s Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale in Portland, inspired by a big ole vganized Zebra cake that J. Legume and I made a few months ago. I vaguely remember our conversation on what type of cake to make for a gathering, and the vegan … Continue reading »
Two Weeks, Behind the Scone: Recent Cooking, Bagels, Scones, Reading & Curries
I’ve been perusing Serious Eats (and wishing they’d read my mind and hand over my own vegan column already, jeez) quite a bit lately, and had to borrow one of their regular features as a title here, and hand it over to the past two weeks in my culinary life. As I’m a bit nutty … Continue reading »
Photo Essay: Portland Farmers Market, Week #5
Apt title, swell visit. A morning well spent. Saturday’s visit to the Portland Farmers Market saw my basket full of early Albion strawberries, fresh kaffir lime leaves, purple kale, maitake mushrooms, heirloom carrots, and even more purple cauliflower during a visit early enough in the day to avoid most stroller wars, yet alas, late … Continue reading »
Same City Field Trip: Portland’s Better Living Show & Vegan Village
What better time to start putting together a recap about a visit to the Better Living Home and Garden Show than a Boltbus with shaky but semi-reliant WiFi out-of-town? I’m now back home and just last night, started a batch of chocolate liqueur using the organic Frontier Co-op cacao nibs I picked up at the show (yeah, samples!). … Continue reading »