Lauren and Kyle Rudersdorf are in their fifth season of farming (they married in season two!) at Raleigh’s Hillside Farm between Evansville and Broadhead, Wisc. They lease 4 acres on the farm where Lauren grew up. The two graduated from UW Madison during the recession. The scarcity of jobs and the attractiveness of farming inspired […]
Italian Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients 4 Big Red Bell Peppers with tops cut off and insides cleaned 1 ½ cup barley 1 onion diced 3 cloves garlic diced 1 package mushrooms diced (Shitake, Baby Bella, or Portabella would work really well) ½ teaspoon dried rosemary 1 teaspoon dried thyme ½-1 can of tomato paste ½ cup Parmesan cheese Salt […]
Chai (Spiced Tea)
Ingredients: 2 cups water 4 cardamom pods, smashed 2-3 pieces of fresh ginger 1 cinnamon stick 1-2 pieces star anise 1 cup milk 3 teaspoons loose black tea Sweetener, to taste Preparation: Combine the water, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon and star anise together in a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. Lower heat and […]
Pan de Elote
This week Sara shares a recipe from her last trip to Mexico for Pan de Elote (Mexican Cornbread). Think you’ve tried all the cornbread recipes imaginable? Not this one. Pan de Elote looks like cornbread and smells like cornbread, but it is not at all like cornbread. With a texture more like thick pudding, and silky […]
Ginger Molasses Cookies
If you too want to do something special for the special people in your life, may I suggest these ginger molasses cookies. They will resonate with warmth, love toward your friend. Best of all, they are sure to evoke rich, deep, conversation. In an age of mediated connects that can feel sometimes too fast and […]
Veggie Soup
Fall is all about warm things. Foods that help your blood slow and thicken in preparation for the long winter. Unfortunately, a lot of the time these slowing foods take time and preparation to make! This week Sara’s Table offers us a warming “throw it all in” vegetable soup that you can usually put together […]