All Recipes — Amanda Frederickson

Gazpacho

I started off this week with a 3 hour cheese tasting course. Pretty rough Monday right? I was fortunate enough to learn everything and anything about cheese from one of the best, Juliana Uruburu from the Pasta Shop in Berkely. She has been in the cheese business for over 26 years so she kind of knows what she is talking about. If you live in San Francisco, she teaches at The Cheese School. (Yes that is a real place) Make sure to check her out. Cheese tasting is amazing until you have to get up from the table. That is when it hits you like a brick - you have like 5 pounds of cheese just sitting in your belly. Needless to say I was really full. I couldn't even think about dinner. But when I had to, I decided to make gazpacho.

FoodAmanda FredericksonAugust 13, 2013Gazpacho, gluten free, healthy4 Comments

Cronut

Have you heard of the cronut craze that is sweeping the nation right now? If not, take cover, because I feel like cronuts are about to be everywhere. Dare I say that cronuts are the new cupcake? For those that don't know, a cronut is the love child of a croissant and a donut. Cronut = croissant + donut.

FoodAmanda FredericksonAugust 06, 2013croissant, cronut, donut, pastry17 Comments

Summertime Salsa

I thought I would share with you all a staple of what I have been eating recently. It doesn't really have a formal name, so I am going to call it Summertime Salsa. It combines the flavors of summer - corn, tomatoes and avocados and it is highly addictive.

FoodAmanda FredericksonAugust 01, 2013avocado, corn, salsa, tomatoesComment

Heirloom Tomato Tart

Heirloom tomatoes are finally in season! They are my summer obsession and they are finally affordable at the grocery store. Now for the next month, I will pretty much eat nothing but heirloom tomatoes. The best way to eat them is raw topped with a little olive oil and salt and you have pretty much got the most perfect dinner. It is even better if you have fresh bread to go with it.

FoodAmanda FredericksonJuly 30, 2013heirloom tomatoes2 Comments

Peach, Ricotta & Prosciutto Crostini

FoodAmanda FredericksonJuly 09, 2013appetizer, crostini, peach, prosciutto, ricotta2 Comments

Chocolate Soufflé

Cafe Jacqueline is this fantastic restaurant near our apartment that only serves soufflés. Literally the only thing on the menu are soufflés. Amazing.

This is an old school gem of a restaurant. There are no frills at this place, only a couple of tables, and an old women in the back (presumably Jacqueline) whipping those egg whites for the soufflés. You have to walk by her to get to the restroom and there she is whipping and whipping - by hand no less.

Food, DessertAmanda FredericksonJune 20, 2013souffle, chocolate, chocolate souffle1 Comment

Preserved Lemons

Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend a pickling class taught by chef Courtney Barnes from Bar Tartine. Bar Tartine is a great restaurant here in SF that has an Eastern European menu with heavy emphasis on pickling and fermented foods. I know what you are thinking, gross. Which is kind of what I said originally. But this class completely changed my views. We made kimchi, sauerkraut, pickles, preserved lemons and my new favorite escabeche.

FoodAmanda FredericksonJune 18, 2013preserved lemons5 Comments

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