Rooted in French philosophies, branching out with an Asian perspective, Akar Dining offers an enjoyable experience for customers who feel comfortable returning to restaurants. An evening here promises recipes that can't be replicated at home or by meal deliveries, fortified by frills that have long been taken for granted, from the sight and sound of a culinary brigade cooking with a polished poise in the open kitchen to the patient warmth of a service team that takes pride in every plate.With fewer patrons for now, it makes sense that only a 'carte blanche' menu is currently available - a prix fixe selection conceived by the chef, omakase-style - to curb the potential wastage of a larger, a la carte repertoire....
As a kid, I used to love putting together things like banana, chocolate buds and vanilla together and cooking it in the oven in an aluminium foil envelope. The gooey delicious food was always hot and delicious, served with some ice cream (yummm!) — makes my mouth watering just thinking about it. My family did this a lot when we were camping too — putting a few different ingredients that we might like into foil, folding it over and cooking for about 10 minutes. I came across them again recently, and I felt quite a bit of nostalgia. And I’m looking forward to getting in the kitchen with my kids to try a few different styles of ‘foil cooking’. In...
This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support! During this period of the covid-19 pandemic, I have begun ordering and purchasing produce from a local distributor. They have great prices and nice produce and I was even able to get yeast from them! One day recently, I ordered a bag of cilantro. It didn't sound like very much according to the weight of the bag. But, cilantro is very light apparently and the bag of cilantro that I got was HUGE! Knowing how quickly cilantro will wilt and get slimy, I tried to see if...
This exquisite American take on Pinot Gris is one of the most exciting white wines I’ve tasted this spring. It’s the variety better known as Pinot Grigio in Italy, which churns out oceans of it each year, mostly under the labels of big brands that have made Pinot Grigio so popular. The grape, which comes from the same family as the red Pinot Noir, thrives as well in France’s Alsace and in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, with each region producing a distinctive style. In Oregon, Elk Cove Vineyards’ 2018 Estate Pinot Gris shows just how successful it can be in the Willamette Valley, where it makes for an attractive alternative to Chardonnay, Oregon’s dominant and increasingly important white variety. Elk Cove...
Hello from Maine! Today the forecast calls for SUNSHINE and a high of 55 degrees. Tomorrow it’s supposed to be a whopping 66 degrees with more sunshine. Hot dog! I think summer has finally arrived here in the pine tree state. The weather has been absolutely perfect for playing in the dirt and yesterday I worked outside from 7 am until 7 pm and now I am paying for it this morning. Oh well, nothing a few old lady pills can’t fix, right? Yesterday I planted brussels sprouts and broccoli between the newly planted raspberry and asparagus rows. Since I won’t be able to harvest any asparagus this year {it takes a few years} and the raspberry plants {which...
