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Carol Egbert
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Musings on food and cooking, illustrated with original watercolor paintings, from my Vermont kitchen
Recent Posts
Gift from the Kitchen #3 – Preserved Lemons
Lemons preserved in salt are a condiment used in traditional Moroccan dishes. They will be a perfect gift for my friend Daniel who has been trying to perfect his version of chicken tagine. I think a jar of these lemons will help him. This recipe has...
Gift from the Kitchen #2 – Lemon Rosemary Relish
I created a lemon rosemary relish for Richard, my friend who loves to barbeque chicken even if he has to shovel a path through the snow to get to his grill. The relish is perfect as a way to add flavor and moisture to well browned chicken. It will...
Gift from the Kitchen #1 – Blueberry Lemon Marmalade
This time of the year my kitchen is a workshop for making Christmas gifts. Lemons are sunny, versatile fruit that can be used to create sweet and savory treats. Blueberry lemon marmalade is the first of three lemon gifts from my holiday the kitchen....
Harissa and Harissa Table Sauce
If you are lucky enough to live in city where with a Middle Eastern Market you can buy a tube of harissa paste. If not or if you prefer to make it your own, here’s how I did do it: Harissa I covered ten dry chilies with boiling warm water fo...
Moroccan Chicken Tangine
My week was busy, a couple of evening meetings and we had tickets for a play. I decided to make a chicken tagine that would serve six or in my case two people three times. With preserved lemons and a combination of spices that would added flavor, a ...
Limoncello is Ready and Waiting!
It all began on a Thursday in September when I posted the following: Charles and I are flying to Sicily for our son’s wedding. Matthew and Alison will be married in Siracusa. Sicily is known for its lemons and also for Limoncello – a lem...

