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Tag: M & K’s Favorite Recipes

Polish Winter Soul Food: Bigos

March 4, 2018 kipbergstrom

Bigos is a Polish “hunter’s stew” of pork and sausage, and both cabbage and sauerkraut.  To make it, you first…

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Posted in: Main, Winter Filed under: Bigos, M & K's Favorite Recipes, Polish, pork, sauerkraut, stew

Swedish Winter Soul Food: Yellow Split Pea Soup

February 18, 2018 kipbergstrom 52 Comments

My Scot/Scots-Irish/Anglo-Irish/Alsatian-American mother would make this soup to honor my father’s Swedish heritage, using the bone and some of the…

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Posted in: Soup, Winter Filed under: M & K's Favorite Recipes, Pea Shoots, Swedish, Yellow Split Peas

The Romance of Caesar Salad

February 12, 2018 kipbergstrom

[NOTE:  This salad is actually a lot easier to make than I make it appear with all the step-by-step.  It…

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Posted in: Fall, Salad, Spring, Summer, Winter Filed under: croutons, Lettuce, M & K's Favorite Recipes, Romaine, romance

Gravlax

kipbergstrom 1 Comment

John Dombrowski used to have a morning radio show on public radio in Hartford called Where We Live. I was…

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Posted in: Breakfast, Fall, Spring, Starter, Summer, Winter Filed under: arctic char, M & K's Favorite Recipes, salmon, Swedish

A Recipe for Spiritual Bliss

January 20, 2018 kipbergstrom 1 Comment

I have said that Puerto Rican food was comfort food in the Piurek/Bergstrom/Bauza household.  While that is true, it has…

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Posted in: Main, Winter Filed under: beans, M & K's Favorite Recipes, plantains, pork, Puerto Rican, rice

Tostones!

January 18, 2018 kipbergstrom 1 Comment

I had a lot of the Ropa Vieja leftover that I made yesterday.  So today I reheated some, along with…

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Posted in: Starter, Winter Filed under: M & K's Favorite Recipes, plantains, Puerto Rican

Bacalao a la Vizcaina

November 3, 2017 kipbergstrom 1 Comment

October went out with a bang.  Sunday night, October 30th, we had high winds and heavy rain, knocking many leaves…

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Posted in: Fall, Fish Filed under: Bacalao, M & K's Favorite Recipes, potato, Puerto Rican, salt cod

Caldo Verde

October 9, 2017 kipbergstrom

“A little is enough, a tiny bit to cheer, a simple existence” sang the Fado legend Amelia Rodrigues about Caldo Verde in Casa…

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Posted in: Fall, Soup Filed under: chorizo, kale, M & K's Favorite Recipes, Portuguese, potato

Pumpkin Soup

October 8, 2017 kipbergstrom 1 Comment

Is there any place in the world as lovely as Connecticut in the fall?  There is a thick amber light…

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Posted in: Fall, Soup Filed under: M & K's Favorite Recipes, nutmeg, potato, pumpkin

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