I love the colors of Spring! A rainbow of radishes came in my CSA this week mimicking the color of these spring lilacs and ranunculus flowers. Inspired by this Martha Stewart recipe, I made toasts covered in Radish Butter. I love how the creamy butter complements the spicy radish. And with a sprinkle of coarse salt (I use Maldon)- it’s divine for an afternoon snack. It’s SO easy and tasty- I just might smear it on a platter of crostini for our next party…
Enjoy!
The cookbook is almost here! It comes out April 15th! (And for those of you who pre-ordered on Amazon, it should be delivered to you on the 15th).
There are 100 vegetarian recipes, inspired by living in our little cabin in the woods, and the local California produce here. Twenty of the recipes are favorites from the blog (like the 3 above) and then there are 80 new ones! (see some of them, here!) Plus the book is packed with lots of my watercolors and photos of the cabin and cocktail parties on our deck.
Just like the blog, everything is displayed visually like the recipes above, so it’s super easy to cook from. There are lots of upcoming book signings scheduled for the New York and San Francisco areas- see them here! More to come. Feel free to sign up for my newsletter for updates.
And of course, you can order the book HERE.
Happy cooking!
xx Erin
Shout out to anyone in Connecticut! I will be doing a cookbook signing and watercolor workshop event on Sunday April 13th in Westport! If you haven’t heard of Terrain, it’s an amazing online shop / store / cafe / plant nursery - I visited last spring and basically wanted to live there. It’s gorgeous. It’s a sister store of Anthropologie, and sells all kinds of amazing home and garden items. The main Terrain is a sort of farm/shop in Pennsylvania, and this Westport store (that I’ll be at) is a stunning newer addition.
WHEN: Sunday April 13, 2014
WHERE: Terrain: 561 Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880
Watercolor Worskhop & recipe demo/tasting, 2-3pm ($30 tickets here). We’ll be painting little dinner party related items like menu cards, buffet cards, and place setting cards, plus making (and eating!) a new recipe from my book.
Book Signing, 3-5pm (free and open to the public) Books will be available for purchase.
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If you’re in that area and can’t make this, the NYC launch party will be on May 8th at the Anthropologie store near Union Sq (16th & 5th Ave) from 5-7pm! There is a list of other signings, here.
I’ve been getting lots of green garlic and kale in my CSA box lately, so I thought..why not make tacos?! Green garlic is simply young garlic that has been thinned out of the vegetable beds. It resembles and tastes like scallions, but with a more garlicky flavor. It’s often at the farmers market in spring, but you can use scallions if you can’t find it. I cook it with a bit of kale and serve it with black beans inside of warm corn tortillas. Top with some greek yogurt and hot sauce, and a squeeze of lemon, if you like. I like to serve them with a platter of crispy cucumber spears, drizzled with lemon juice, cayenne and garlic salt. Yum! This recipe (with one can of beans) makes enough for about 6 tacos. Enjoy!
Weekend (or weeknight) recipe idea! When making a pasta dish, sometimes I like to replace half of the pasta with carrot ribbons to make it a little lighter.
TO MAKE (serves about 4) : Use a potato peeler and shave long ribbons off 3 carrots (I use the peels too, but feel free to discard). Press hard for thicker ribbons. Boil 12 oz long pasta (like fettuccine) as usual then with 30 seconds remaining add the carrot “ribbons” . Strain the whole pot as usual, then toss with chopped marinated sun dried tomatoes, halved cherry tomatoes, mini mozzarella balls, fresh parsley, garlic powder, olive oil, salt and pepper… plus a squeeze of lemon if you wish. Enjoy!
I adapted this recipe from a Better Homes & Gardens recipe and posted it on their blog.
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