And Other Cooking Projects, by Karen Solomon
Thank you, Chow! I love doing videos with you. Here's my latest and greatest – rice milk and horchata recipe demonstration in 52 seconds – with two more scheduled to roll out soon…
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February 1st, 2012 by karen
So, like other food preservationists and kitchen tinkerers, I love to dry things – fruit slices, fruit leather, cheese, beef jerky, etc. In the heat of summer the sun does the work for me. But the other ten months of the year in Northern California, …
January 24th, 2012 by karen
We’re used to buying cardboard boxloads of factory drone candy canes that are uniform, neatly wrapped, shapely, laden with high fructose corn syrup, and positively soulless. But me – I’m the gal who likes my candy lumpy. If there were an Island o…
December 21st, 2011 by karen
I recently tried (and failed) to sell corned beef sandwiches at the New Taste Marketplace food hall. This is a cautionary tale/headnote – one of those “life lessons” to be looked back upon and learned from, laughed at over gin and tonics on the f…
November 29th, 2011 by karen
I'm teaching another class at Will-So downtown. Hopefully this will make the holidays suck slightly less.
Don't Buy – DIY! Make Your Own Holiday Food Gifts
Tuesday, December 6th6:00-8:00 pmWilliams-Sonoma Union Square340 Post St. (at St…
November 28th, 2011 by karen
Food Eaters! The next installment of the quarterly DIY show-and-taste I host at local food and arts space 18 Reasons will take place on Thursday, December 8th, 7-9pm.
If you've ever made your own condiments, crafted your own candies, brewed your o…
November 28th, 2011 by karen
Food-Eaters! Come and get your meat on, shop an awesome artisan food market, and procure a delicious lunch in the process.
I'm making corned beef sandwiches (kraut, mustard, rye) this coming Saturday, 12-5pm, at New Taste Marketplace at St. Gregory…
November 15th, 2011 by karen
LOVE this, and I will be making more. Only thing I did not take careful enough notes on is how long it takes to reduce – I believe it was about 20 minutes, but i would want to field test that again. Your mileage may vary. Enjoy!
Cranberry Pl…
November 2nd, 2011 by karen
November 3rd, 6-9pm, and $60 for a brainful of knowledge and a bellyful of excellent homemade eats!
Here's the class description:
Karen Solomon, the author of "Jam it, Pickle it, Cure it" and "Can it, Bottle it, Smoke it" will …
October 25th, 2011 by karen
That's right, Fogheads and Food-Eaters. 7:45 am, bitches. And if they love me, I will be back doing regular installments. I will be sharing my favorite affordable eats in SF and beyond. And we're not talking bargain-basement buffets swarm…
October 25th, 2011 by karen
