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
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.
4th of July Grilling Favorites
It is a holiday week in both our home countries (Canada and the US), and we are celebrating with family and food. We've put together a collection of our most popular grilling recipes to inspire your summer cooking. Check out Paul's fantastic spelt flatbread on the grill, or my favorite Grilled Greek Salad with delicious caramelized halloumi cheese, our flavor loaded burgers; turkey feta, cheddar ancho or portobello, or, if you just need a change from plain old hotdogs, ditch the bun and make loaded hotdogs! We hope you have a chance to share delicious smoky foods with the people you love this weekend!
Dessert Round-Up
Thanks for following along with our new adventures! We recently moved from Pittsburgh to Haiti where we are starting a 5 year volunteer assignment with a non-profit relief and development organization. We will be in transition for the next few months as we complete our in-country orientation, language study, spend time living with host families in both the countryside and capital... and lest we forget, have our first baby somewhere in there as well! Please bear with us as we will not have ready access to internet or a kitchen throughout this time. We will continue to share new recipes that we've prepared in advance, and updates on our new life in Haiti as often as we are able.
In anticipation of the dessert making and eating season, we've put together a collection of both Paul and Rebecca approved desserts. You will find some very quick and easy slam-dunks among the group, and a few of Paul's more complicated creations, that are honestly worth the time investment.
BLACK FUDGE PUDDING CAKES
OAT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
MAPLE WALNUT BAKLAVA
BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES COOKIES
MOCHA MASCARPONE MOUSSE
BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES & FRESH GINGER CAKE WITH SALTED MAPLE BUTTERCREAM
MEXICAN CHOCOLATE CUSTARD CAKE
RED WINE POACHED PEARS
SALTED CARAMEL & PEAR BREAD PUDDING
ALMOND MERINGUES WITH CRÈME ANGLAISE & BERRY SAUCE
THREE LAYER PARSNIP CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
MEYER LEMON POSSET
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
International Mains Round-Up
It’s the season of warm meals shared with friends and family, lively conversations, and hearty mains. For us, it is also a time for saying goodbye. We’ve put together a collection of 9 of our most frequently requested international main dishes to inspire your fall cooking.
