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What’s for Breakfast: Venison Tenderloin

March 24th, 2011 · No Comments · breakfast

Here’s a switch from the usual eggs and bacon. A neighbor recently gifted us with about 30 pounds of venison from their family farm in Virginia. The package included several tenderloins. Some went into the freezer. Others I marinated for a couple of days in red wine with thyme, onion, garlic, juniper berries–the usual suspects–then […]

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What’s for Breakfast: First Arugula

March 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · breakfast, garden

This is always an interesting time of year in the garden. Coming out the back side of winter, the garden looks like death warmed over. But there are signs of life and even a few things to eat. Some of the greens we were harvesting last fall–collards, kale, mizuna, arugula–are springing back. Very soon they […]

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What’s for Breakfast: Ham, Eggs, Tongue Broth

January 22nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · breakfast

This breakfast represents two of my personal weaknesses: I love fried ham, and I can’t bear to throw good food away. Last December we catered a Christmas party for a law firm where we served mini ham sandwiches on homemade sweet potato biscuits. We cut a spiral ham into pieces. Some of it was left […]

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