Recipes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart with Pure Flake Sea Salt
It was the image above from Jacobsen Salt Company that lured me to read and imagine this recipe. If you've splurged on the flake salt, this shiny dark chocolate offers a stunning culinary and visua...
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Lamb Lollipops with Black Cherry Gastrique
When used in this way, the word lollipop is a shorthand reference to the ease this preparation affords when eating by hand.
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Tortilla de Patatas (Spanish Tortilla)
This classic dish highlights our Ascolano and Picual Olive Oils and is as simple as it is delicious. Serve with aioli or chilled with a meat and cheese platter.
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Balsamic Vinegar Roasted Grapes
Here's another idea for your charcuterie board. The oven dehydrates the fruit and caramelizes the naturally occurring sugars giving the grapes a denser texture and more complex flavor. Pair with a ...
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Last Minute Balsamic Vinaigrette
[Fast Read] Here are some thoughts about vinaigrettes, a simple recipe, brief notes on techniques, and a draft copy of our AOF Vinaigrette Select-o-matic.
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Glazed Brussels Sprouts & Bacon
Here is an updated version of a recipe we first published November 2017. After three separate cooking trials this week, we've come to prefer using the balsamic vinegar earlier in the process and ho...
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Olive oil mashed potatoes are a favorite side dish, and here is an olive oil version to have as a quick reference as you prepare for holiday entertaining.
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