Monthly Archives: November 2011

Whole Foods contest finalist!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Rivertree kitchen

Whole Foods Market Cooking holds contests on a regular basis. They often challenge bloggers to post their best recipes using one particular ingredient. I entered their potato recipe contest with my Potato-Prosciutto Pizza, and recently learned that it’s a finalist! … Continue reading →

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Return to The Pig: roast pork

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Rivertree kitchen

Return to The Pig: roast pork I was against The Pig at first. This was partly because my otherwise sane and wonderful husband purchased the half-pig from his friend and told me only after the fact. Before The Pig, we … Continue reading →

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BLT risotto

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Rivertree kitchen

I confess I was not riding the bacon bandwagon. It wasn’t that I disliked bacon; I just didn’t think it was a necessity of life. But my experience had been limited to preservative-laden, shrink-wrapped supermarket bacon. I hadn’t had locally … Continue reading →

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Classic chicken noodle soup

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Rivertree kitchen

Our wonderful friend Joe came over recently, bearing goodwill and the largest organic chicken I’d ever seen. He roasted it in our oven with an onion, a pile of tiny red potatoes, and not nearly enough carrots. (Few things on … Continue reading →

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The delights of Christian’s Bistro

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Rivertree kitchen

Those look like regular potato chips, don’t they? So misleading. In fact, what you  see above is a bowl of Christian’s Bistro’s Wisconsin Red Potato Truffle Chips with parmesan and fresh herbs. Not the same thing at all. These chips … Continue reading →

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