Lemon Thyme Risotto & A Touch Of Luxury
Like many home cooks I began learning at the heals of my mom in the family kitchen. It was very much her domain where I watched her closely and absorbed her techniques.
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So Simple Recipes
Meg and Jane created a series of “So Simple” recipes to help people who are using a slow cooker or Instant Pot for the first time, or for those of us who have a busy home life and need some easy meals to throw together! Enjoy the simplicity of the Zen of Slow Cooking.
3 Easy Instant Pot Recipes
I’m sure we agree that we are feeling somewhat discomboblulated right now. At a personal level life our daily routines have changed. However our professional work at Zen continues in pursuit of helping home cooks while simultaneously continuing our social mission.
Instant Pot Venison Chili with Chocolate
My parents have arrived just in time to take control and look after the kids while I head off to the Specialty Food Association Winter Fancy Food show at the Moscone Center, San Francisco from 19th – 21st January. Their welcome dinner? Instant Pot Venison …read more
Top 5 Back To School Dinner Fixes
As a Gen X’er I reside firmly in the facebook cohort and value it mostly for keeping us connected with our friends on the other side of the pond.
Zen Basics: Instant Pot Whole Cooked Chicken
With our focus on the Mother energy and Yogini in May I considered what childhood meals still make my mouth water.
Tomato & Red Lentil Curry Soup
In another Zen first, as I sit and type we are working live on our latest photo shoot across three time zones! Unusually, I am not on set for this round of production in Meg’s kitchen, where Kerri Sherman our beloved photographer landed at 10am Central …read more
Instant Pot Spring Risotto Bianco with Asparagus
“A perfect plate of risotto should flow like lava if you tilt the plate.” I love this description from J. KENJI LÓPEZ-ALT’s serious science behind risotto. J’s book The Food Lab – Better Home Cooking Through Science – has become a favorite at home, with tried and tested …read more
Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup
No trip to Wisconsin from Chicago is complete without a rest stop at the Mars Cheese Castle to stock up on New Glarus beer and cheese curds, and a detour on the way home to pick apples and drink cider. The inspiration behind our Wisconsin …read more
Dana Cowin’s Creamy Carrot Soup with Pine Nut – Caper Topping
In an update on our local celebrity status this week, 10th Avenue Tea squeaked past us in the Windy City Live & Peapod’s “next best” contest to take a spot in the final 3, and Old Arthur’s BBQ Sauce were crowned overall winners in the grand finale. Thank you …read more
American Buffalo Chicken Salad
Meg carefully dissected Steve’s curated spending note books from his college days last week (click here to read if you missed it) which leads us to this months theme – recipes designed with a $20 budget in mind to suit college students and families cooking for friends.
Halibut, Fingerling Potatoes & Bay Spiced Citrus Butter
It’s almost 3 weeks since we crept across Sagamore Bridge onto Cape Cod and into another world. The only intermission during the previous two day roadtrip from Chicago was a brief spectacular, soggy and sonorous boat trip in the Niagara Gorge at Niagara Falls.
Turkey Brats, Peppers & Onions
Having just emerged from the 4 day Windy City Gift Show in Chicago, we’re keeping things short, sweet and simple this week.
