Can you guess what this is? Give up? Well, it is a grain of salt from Bali! The salt is shaped like a little hollow pyramid. I zoomed in 60x with a toy digital microscope I have to get a better look. Below is a picture of the salt grain, but only zoomed in 10x. […]
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Last year we put together The Best of Cookography 2007, which is a PDF booklet of our favorite recipes from 2007. We sent it around to our friends and family instead of a holiday card. Well it is already that time of year again, and we are working on the 2008 version. Instead of us […]
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I have been meaning to make a list of all our favorite cooking tools for a while. I keep remembering things to add so I will keep adding things to this list. And if you buy any of these fun items from Amazon through these links, they kick a little back to us, which we […]
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Sea salt is the first product that Big Tree Farms began exporting from Bali. The sea salt is produced using traditional methods that involve lots of labor-intensive steps. They do a great job explaining what goes into making the salt on their website. The process involves the creation of a salty brine which is then […]
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In Washington, DC there are a bunch of places to find products from Big Tree Farms. There is only one place in Bali, however, where you can get their products. A little challenge makes everything more fun though! I had a free afternoon so I got a car and headed 45 minutes north to the […]
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When we travel we always try to find interesting food items. Our Vermont cheese tour is an extreme example of that and my recent trip to Bali was no exception. My best “find” was Big Tree Farms–and the funny thing is that I had already discovered their products at my local Whole Foods. Big Tree […]
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Sometimes you have to make the best of a bad situation…and a 9 hour layover is a bad situation. I was in Indonesia for work and on the way back I had a layover in Japan. After an overnight flight into Narita, Japan, I got off the plane and saw that it was drizzling outside…perfect […]
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This is a great dish that is perfect for cold weather. Country ham provides a ton of flavor and the lentils help this dish stick to your ribs. Country ham is similar to prosciutto; it is a ham that is salted, then washed and hung to age. It may not be as delicate or nuanced […]
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We just got back from a week in San Francisco and Napa Valley and ate such amazing food and drank delicious wine that our trip deserves a recap! First stop in San Francisco was Zuni Cafe for appetizers of sliced heirloom tomatoes and marinated olives. We continued our walk to Nopa for a dinner of […]
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One of our favorite after work snacks is hummus and crackers. (I’m partial to Wheat Thins.) Or, whip some some homemade pita bread, for a true treat! After eating store bought hummus for years, it amazing how different and tastier homemade hummus is. One downside to homemade hummus, however, is that it doesn’t last as […]
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