Chilled Peach Soup

This Chilled Peach Soup recipe is based on an appetizer I used to have at the Inn at Kristofer’s in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. The restaurant was one of my early exposures to fine dining. I’ve modified it a little to suit my taste, but it’s basically the same as what they used to serve in a […]

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Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

For me, a Super Bowl means football. Football means the Packers. Packers mean Wisconsin. Wisconsin means sour cherries. This is quite the causal chain, huh? If you followed me this far, you’ll probably agree that the obvious dessert for a Super Bowl Party is Door County Cherry Oatmeal Cookies. I can’t really claim credit for […]

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Preserved Lemons

Choose your preserving jar. I used a 1 liter Weck cylinder. This recipe is easy to adjust and very flexible but make sure you buy enough lemons to fill your jar and then adjust the quantities accordingly. 8 meyer lemons (you can use orange, regular lemons, limes, grapefruit) 1/4 cup sea salt 1 cinnamon stick […]

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Maraschino Cherries

Maraschino Cherries… free associate. You could be thinking about gross, bright red, corn syrup laden candy that no longer resembles fruit or you could be glad you made your own. During the summer when Bing cherries abound I put a jar in the refrigerator about half full of maraschino liquor and add some sugar (about […]

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Pumpkin Purée

Preheat oven to 400° F. Split pumpkin in half. Scoop out the seeds and loose fibers. Place in a large roasting pan flesh side to the pan. Pour  ⅛ – ¼ inch of water in the pan. Roast the pumpkin until it has an easy to scoop, tender texture even at its thickest flesh. This pumpkin, […]

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