by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 8, 2015 | Recipes
We tend to associate chili with TexMex but beans are equally at home in other cultures. Essentially chili is a bean stew. Balkan ingredients lend themselves to great chili….hot or mild. Chili is a great dish for novice cooks. Ingredients are basic: beans,...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 3, 2015 | Serving it Up
Thanks to some birds years ago, our garden has a patch of wild raspberries. We also let mint grow wild among the other plants. Being able to just go into the yard and forage for fresh produce is an inexpensive luxury at this time of year. Mint and blackberries might...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jun 30, 2015 | What's New
I often speculate about what I would do if I had nine lives like a cat. Years ago my mother predicted that choosing a life path would be difficult because of my many interests. I remember my 18th year as being a time of paralyzing choice. Robert Frost might have...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jun 30, 2015 | Recipes, Serving it Up
Berries are the jewels of summer! I was leaving work the other day and realized…after I had locked the door and didn’t want to go back inside…that my currants in the back yard were ripe. So my hat came off to make a handy bowl conjuring up memories...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jun 27, 2015 | Serving it Up
We have fun trying different tastes here at the European Pantry. Today, we offered customers a chance to compare two different ways of using feta. We started with “kajmak” style feta. This is a smooth creamy feta that is very amenable to making spreads...
