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A slice of pepper-ginger pound cake sits on a small plate, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a light yellow cascade of pawpaw puree. Two pawpaw seeds sit on the plate as garnish.

Pepper-ginger pound cake with a pawpaw puree

September 28, 2017by Mike Bierschenk 3 Comments

A great example of flavors combining in exciting, unforeseen ways: spicy cake, delectably sweet pawpaw, and simple vanilla ice cream come together in a harmonious dessert.

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Desserts/Sweet Things
In focus in the foreground, a tawny brown curried pumpkin mini-muffin, split and spread with cream cheese frosting in the middle. Behind it, out of focus, part of a mound of those muffins on a turquoise enamel plate.

Curried pumpkin mini-muffins with cream cheese frosting

November 21, 2016by Mike Bierschenk Leave a comment

These little gems are basically everything I want to eat in the fall, all packed into a tiny two-bite package: pumpkin, curry, coconut, cream cheese frosting — I tell you what.

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Desserts/Sweet Things
Closeup shot from above on the Fizzing Cauldron, a magenta-colored drink in a tall glass. Ice cubes cover most of the top of the glass, with a few allspice berries floating decoratively. A bamboo stirring stick angles out of frame from the top of the glass, and bottles of ingredients peek into frame at the edges.

The Fizzing Cauldron: a drink for Halloween (or whenever)

October 20, 2016by Mike Bierschenk 3 Comments

If you’re looking for a sprightly fruit drink with a depth of flavor and a hint of astringency — one you won’t get tired of drinking — this is for you.

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Drinks
Closeup on a bowl of butternut squash soup with ham an scallions. The soup is a deep gold color, studded with dark green scallions, half submerged. A spoon rest in the soup, its bowl partially lifted out, supporting a nubbin of pink ham and a round of pale-green scallion.

Butternut squash soup with ham and scallions

October 14, 2016by Mike Bierschenk 4 Comments

Butternut squash soup for people who think they don’t like butternut squash soups: salty and savory, rich with green onion and studded with chewy ham. Just right for the slow creeping-in of sweater weather.

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Main Dishes, Soups
A bowl of rice topped with "simple Swiss chard with garlic and crystallized ginger," sits on a wooden countertop. Next to it sits a stainless steel pan filled with more chard, the bright red and yellow stems punctuated the emerald-green leaves.

Simple Swiss chard with garlic and crystallized ginger

September 30, 2016by Mike Bierschenk 4 Comments

Sweet ginger, salty soy, bright earthy stems, and verdant leaves: whether an easy side for dinner, or a simple lunch with rice or bread, this is one of my favorite preparations for any greens, and it’s especially grand for chard.

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Side Dishes, Stuff on Rice, Veg*n or veg*n-possible

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