Sorrel-Chive Pesto + a Free Chef’s Set from Grove Collaborative
I have four sorrel plants that are doing quite well this spring. Sorrel is a perennial herb/vegetable that is sort of like spinach with a rhubarb-ish flavor. Nice and sour!
sauces
Versatile Stir Fry Formula
Remember when I posted about being part of the Fusion Taste Team? Well, I received the product samples last week and I have been having fun making supper ever since.
Salsa Verde (not the kind with tomatillos)
As part of sauces week for the Back to Basics series, I decided to try my hand at salsa verde. Since I grew up around Mexican food, I immediately thought it would be the tomatillo version. Nope. This is Italian, and is one of Alice Waters' four essential sauces.
What are the “mother sauces,” and what’s up with all the French words?
I had originally intended to stick to discussing Alice Waters' four essential sauces during sauce week for our Back to Basics series, but it's a question I had so I thought I'd share what I found out here!
Four Essential Sauces
This week it’s all about sauces here at The Local Cook. We’ll start out by discussing the four essential sauces that Alice Waters talks about in her cookbook The Art of Simple Food. First, why would one want to learn how to make their own sauces? For starters, it’s a great way to perk up any …