http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com The Finger Lakes Food Blog Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:53:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en             MULTI-GRAIN BREAD     Craving comfort food? I love this standby recipe for multi-grain bread that I’ve been making for a couple of years. It’s very easy if you use a bread maker. I always remove my bread dough before the second rising and bake it in the oven. This bread tastes better a day or ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/recipe/multi-grain-bread/       MUESLI     This is my mother's recipe from memories of her childhood.  I don't think anyone else uses sweetened condensed milk but wait until you taste this!   We eat this for dessert and also for breakfast and snacks. It lasts a few days in the fridge and gets better as the flavors of ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/recipe/vegetarian/muesli/     Leftover turkey has many tasty reincarnations. Turkey barley congee is one of my favorites that I make every year after Thanksgiving. It starts off by using the turkey carcass to make a rich broth. Congee is a nourishing and healthy one dish meal which I’ve adapted from the recipe of one of my favorite ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/recipe/turkey-leftovers/         I found this great cranberry-quince chutney recipe which would be perfect to spice up your Thanksgiving feast. It was published in Food and Wine Magazine's November issue and I’ve already made it twice. These are the two minor changes I made: Because I couldn’t find fresh or frozen whole cranberries, I used the ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/recipe/thanksgiving-relish/   SOME GREAT FOOD EVENTS TO MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR       FINGER LAKES ARTISINAL CHEESE OPEN HOUSE   SATURDAY OCTOBER 10th 11-4   The following cheese producers will have open houses at their farms:   Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery Northland Sheep Dairy Side Hill Acres Sunset View ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/culinary-event/upcoming-local-food-events/         APPLES U-PICKS (and also grapes and raspberries)          Ithaca is apple heaven.   We do have the greatest apples here. My favorite apple source is BLACK DIAMOND FARM. They sell their apples at the Ithaca Farmers market.  And have a great web site showcasing each variety.  Every year I look forward to September and ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/seasonal/one-of-ithacas-greatest-crops/ This recipe is adapted from a Gourmet recipe (September 1998).  It is beautiful and uses cherry tomatoes,garlic and basil, several crops that are prolific right now.  The changes I made were to cut out the stick of butter from the custard filling, add  more basil and also add some roasted garlic ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/recipe/goat-cheese-and-tomato-tart/   FOOD AND WINE magazine has a wonderful corn pudding recipe that I tried tonight. It’s a “keeper”. I cut down on the butter; actually I just left it out.  And instead of 6 eggs, I used 4 because I wanted more corn flavor.  The corn is so sweet and tasty now…it’s ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/recipe/great-corn-pudding-recipe/     I  love home grown cucumbers.  There is absolutely no relation to the tasteless varieties you find most of the year in the supermarkets.  These are a Chinese variety called Suyo Long. They are crunchy, flavorful and sweet  with tiny seeds. We bought the seeds from Johnny's Seed Catalogue.     This is the first year ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/recipe/vegetarian/cucumber-abundance/ NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE RATATOUILLE WITH ALL LOCALLY GROWN  INGREDIENTS!!       Ingredients for the RATATOUILLE   The bell peppers were from our garden, the zucchini and onions were grown by Full Plate CSA and the plum tomatoes and baby eggplant were bought from Mandville Farm at the Farmer's Market.   I decided to do ... http://www.fingerlakesfeasting.com/recipe/baked-ratatouille/