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The Hungry Hounds -- Best of 2014
Last March, Paul proposed a joint hobby...a food blog. I'll admit, I was skeptical at first. But, when I saw his first post, sourdough rye bread, I was all in, and we haven't looked back. We have loved watching our readership grow, and receiving your many emails, pictures, and recipe ideas. Thank you. With the addition of a return visitor from Zambia this morning, we now have regular readers in 164 countries. Paul gets especially excited by the growing number of people reading our blog in translation, from Vietnamese to Slovak, Turkish to Tagalog.
Food is powerful. It is evocative, universal, and yet uniquely enmeshed in culture. This blog is driven by our passion for connection through food -- to the people across the table, to the farmers behind our ingredients, to the culinary traditions that root us, and the natural world around us.
To ring in the New Year, we wanted to share our reader's favorite recipes from 2014.
Thanksgiving Round-Up
The season of feasting will soon be upon us! As we get ready for holiday entertaining, we wanted to share some of our favorite seasonal recipes with you.
MOROCCAN ROASTED SWEET POTATO SALAD
BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH BACON
ROASTED GARLIC AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP
GARLIC LEMON ROASTED CHICKEN
GINGER SESAME GREEN BEANS
CARROT RICOTTA TART WITH HERBS
THREE LAYER PARSNIP CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES & FRESH GINGER CAKE WITH SALTED MAPLE BUTTERCREAM
ROASTED VEGETABLE FATTOUSH SALAD
CRISP FENNEL & APPLE SALAD WITH TANGERINE VINAIGRETTE
BARLEY RISOTTO WITH ROASTED BRUSSELS SPROUTS
BUTTERMILK CELERY ROOT MASHED POTATOES
Best of 2015
Looking back, 2015 has been a pivotal year for us, we've changed jobs, careers, houses, countries, and in just a few weeks, our two will become three. Throughout all these transitions, food has played an important role, from eagerly trying our hand at Haitian recipes in anticipation of our move, to the sometimes bizarre pendulum swing of my pregnancy cravings, to meals shared with family and friends, celebrating holidays and saying goodbye. We have loved watching our readership grow, and receiving your many emails, recipe pictures, comments and support through these many life changes, thank you.
To start off the New Year, we wanted to share our readers' favorite recipes from 2015 (click directly on the images above or recipe titles below):
Berbere Spiced Chicken, Doro Wat
Smokey Ancho Cheddar Burgers
Yucatan Citrus Roasted Pork, Cochinita Pibil
Flemish Beer Braised Beef and Onions
Gascon Vegetable Soup
Roasted Strawberry Buttermilk Milkshakes
Barley Risotto
Yucatan Quick Pickled Mexican Red Onions
West African Kale & Peanut Stew
Grilled Greek Greek Salad
Garlic Ancho Chile Paste
Whiskey Glazed Chicken Thighs
Black Fudge Pudding Cake
Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Blackstrap Molasses & Fresh Ginger Cake & Salted Maple Buttercream
Wild Rice & Quinoa Salad with Mushrooms & Asparagus
6 Winter Salads
For us, a good meal involves contrast, vibrant vegetables and meatless mains, even in the coldest months. We’ve put together a collection of 6 of our most popular hearty winter salads to inspire your winter salading.
1. Wild Rice & Quinoa Salad with Mushrooms & Asparagus
2. Kale Cobb Salad with Avocado Green Goddess Dressing
3. Roasted Vegetable Fattoush Salad
