I admit it. I have a kimchi addiction. I love its savory spiciness, and how the kimchi’s taste actually changes as it ages. That’s because it’s alive! (It’s nature’s probiotic. Kimchi is full of naturally occurring lactic acid bacteria—that’s good bacteria that ferments the kimchi and gives it its eventual sourness!) Anyway, I usually buy…
Appetizers
Baba Ghanoush (Cooking the Book: Jerusalem)
As you may know, Mrs. WooPigFoodie is a vegetarian. At the holidays each year, I buy her a cookbook or two that looks like it might have good vegetarian recipes, and have her pick a bunch of recipes for me to make for her. (True love.) This year, I picked up Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi…
Red Tomato Pie with Creamy Goat Cheese and Basil
I consider holiday season appetizer season. And that’s really my favorite season of all. So as the holidays come upon us, it’s time for reaching into our appetizer memory books to find delicious things to bring with us on our visits to family and friends. This is a little something I whipped up recently as a…
Crisp Grilled Salad with Avocado and a Creamy Buttermilk Dressing
Mrs. WPF is a vegetarian, and regularly reads the monthly food magazines to pick out new recipes for us to try. And with my birthday just behind me, and a new grill in our lives, she picked out a winner! This is an amazing grilled salad, which we adapted from a recent recipe in Southern…
Cheese Dip is a Southern Staple
Cheese dip is a Southern staple. Not only does EVERY Mexican restaurant carry it (I understand they don’t do that up North … or in Mexico), but we also have it at every possible gathering: football games, visiting neighbors, hey look the weather changed, whatever. It is a real Southern staple. And it’s simple to…
Quick Cook: Grilled Black Bean Burgers with Guacamole and Oaxacan Street-Style Corn
It’s Memorial Day, which is always a good time for gathering with family and friends to celebrate freedom and enjoy some good food. In Arkansas it’s already in the 90s, so firing up the kitchen is just too much. Let’s take it outside. Here’s a quick cook grilling meal that is vegetarian-friendly. To keep it quick,…