Entries by ChrisS

Valley Bounty: Pickles

Pickles Pickles provide a refreshing counterpoint to warm winter foods, and they’re easy to make — this time of year, possible ingredients include radishes, turnips, onions, carrots or cabbage. Quick vinegar pickles can be ready to eat in a few hours. Try them out by thinly slicing a red onion and covering with lime juice. […]

Scarlet Pearl’s Under the Oak Café gets it right 24-7

BY JULIAN BRUNT   –   Special to the Sun Herald D’IBERVILLE — If you are playing a slot machine at the newly opened Scarlet Pearl Casino and hunger strikes, there is just one place to go: Under the Oak Café. It is on the casino floor, and you will never be out of earshot of […]

How to make tumeric pickles

Tumeric is a powerful spice known for its natural healing properties.  Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, has an anti-inflammatory effect and is also a strong antioxidant. Tumeric is used to provide pain relief from arthritis, help with indigestion and heartburn, and to cure headaches and fight colds.  Over 700 studies have shown that tumeric […]

Fermented Foods: Turning excess into product

By Josh Brokaw   –   Ithaca.com Steps for creating a culture: First, place vegetables, fruit, or other live material in a bucket or barrel. Second, add water, maybe some salt. Wait for life to bubble up. If the life created isn’t one to your taste, change the climate by a few degrees. Adjust until […]

Cajun Kiss from J. Macklin’s Grill

By: FOX4News.com Staff   –   Fox4News.com Chef Scott Hoffner from J. Macklin’s Grill in Coppell makes a Cajun Kiss. It’s a shrimp and cheese stuffed jalapeno pepper wrapped in bacon. Ingredients 10 Jalapenos 10 Bacon strips 5 Shrimp 1/2 cup Jack Cheese, grated 10 Toothpicks Salt and Pepper to taste For Sauce 2 cups Sour […]

Recipes: Sweet heat wing sauces

Jake Laxen, jlaxen@stcloudtimes.com   –   SC Times Sweet and heat. Those are flavors familiar to almost every eater. And if you are planning to make chicken wings for upcoming NFL playoff games — Skol Vikings, by the way — I suggest pairing sweet with heat to make your own wing sauces. If you have […]

Springfield: The Dugout

by Katie Tonarely, For the News-Leader Whether you hit up Springfield Cardinals games or not, you’ve likely heard of the Dugout. Or maybe not. Though I tend to enjoy nearly all of the things the Dugout serves, and the occasional Springfield Cardinals game, the only thing I’ve really heard about the Dugout is that they have […]