Houseboat Eats

Ricotta Gnocchi

March 28, 2010

Here is everything we know about gnocchi: 1) Gnocchi is Italian for “lump.” 2) Gnocchi has been around for hundreds of years, about 700 actually. It was around in the 1300s, approximately 300 years before the potato even showed its face in Italy. Back then, they were really just little dumplings made from flour or [...]

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Marinated Flank Steak Ssäm

March 5, 2010

Like everyone else, we’ve recently been enamored of David Chang’s Momofuku cookbook. It’s not that the book is ridiculously original, or incredibly imaginative. But for someone who has cooked almost no Korean food, the book has provided an opportunity to experiment with another kind of cooking (Kimchi, and Usukuchi haven’t exactly been regulars on the [...]

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Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunchoke) Pickles

March 2, 2010

Jerusalem artichokes are wonderful, knobby, difficult to clean tubers that are easy to find in the northwest this time of year at farmers markets. They are not artichokes (although they taste a bit like artichokes, hence the name and confusion) and they have no particular connection with Jerusalem (Italians called them Girasole, Italian for sunflower, [...]

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Farro Soup with Spicy Sausage

February 7, 2010

This farro soup recipe is a moving target for us. We’ve made it so many times that we don’t really remember what the original was like, we only know that we always like it. Talley’s mom started making it too and has tailored it to her taste; now we’re getting tips from her. This time [...]

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Salsiccia all’Uva (Sausage with Grapes)

January 30, 2010

In the Zuni Cafe Cookbook, there is a recipe for quail and sausage braised with grapes. It is Judy Rodgers’ take on a Umbrian dish called Salsiccia all’Uva. The quail is an embellishment; the traditional dish is simply browned sausages nestled in a bed of cooked grapes, which is what we made. Ms. Rodgers wrote [...]

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In December, drinking horchata…

January 29, 2010

So I’ve had this song stuck, I mean S-T-U-C-K in my head for the last week or so. It’s called Horchata, and it’s the first track on the new Vampire Weekend album. Whatever you do . . . don’t hit the play button… Did you do it? You did, didn’t you. I had never heard [...]

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Moroccan Baby Carrot Salad

January 19, 2010

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Halibut Cheeks with Apples and Leeks

January 11, 2010

It’s been a while since we’ve posted. We got caught up in the vacation spirit and have taken a break from photo-documenting our food. It’s been great. We hope you’ve all had a nice holiday season as well. We + camera are back in the kitchen now, armed with a plethora of new cookbooks and [...]

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Sauteéd Cauliflower with Anise and Cashews

December 27, 2009

Add this one to your post-holiday menus. It’s on ours. This is one of our favorite ways to prepare cauliflower, and after a week of complicated, heavy meals, this easy, slightly spicy food is just about right. It still has some richness due to the toasted nuts, but that’s offset by the chilies and ginger. [...]

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Slow Cooked Beef Stroganoff

December 18, 2009

This post is for “Nancy O”, who spied pictures of our Beef Stroganoff on flickr and asked if we’d be posting it soon. It’s certainly a good time for this dish, at least here in Seattle where temperatures have been dipping into the 20s and even the teens. I made this last week when we [...]