By Nora Mounce I always suspected that cooking a rack of lamb was secretly easier than it looked. In this recipe, all you need to do is prepare a simple rub and roast the lamb. I made this dish to celebrate moving into a new house this New Year’s Eve. It felt like a special occasion, but truth be told, the rack of lamb was super easy to make! Shop for … [Read more...] about Rosemary-Garlic Rack of Lamb
What’s Weed Got To Do With It?
In the changing landscape of legalization, lots of folks are complaining about mainstream culture appropriating weed like it’s a shiny new cookie (a cookie we now call cannabis). As a cannabis writer and Humboldt County resident, I hear these comments and discussions often. There’s a fear on the hill that a longstanding underground culture is about to be gentrified by hipsters … [Read more...] about What’s Weed Got To Do With It?
Goat Cheese Stuffed Bell Peppers
If you’re my friend, you’ve tried these goat cheese stuffed peppers. A simple appetizer hack, I can’t recall when I first threw these delicious and colorful party snacks together. But I can’t be the only one, as I see bags of baby bell peppers stocked at every grocery store in town. In Humboldt County, Cypress Grove goat cheese is also a common staple, a perfect pairing. I’ve … [Read more...] about Goat Cheese Stuffed Bell Peppers
Spring Greens Salad
Spring is a bit of a culinary tease. The sun may be shining, but we’re still weeks away from putting plants in the ground and cruising the farmer’s market in a sundress. By April, we all want to move on from the hearty comfort food of winter, but the only produce in abundance is cabbage and potatoes. Rather than buying imported veggies from Mexico or eating out, I find it … [Read more...] about Spring Greens Salad
The Pink Herb
Makes Two Cocktails Ingredients: 4 ounces grapefruit juice 4 ounces Lillet 2 ounces gin 1 dropper Humboldt Apothecary’s Calm Tincture Edible flower blossoms* (optional) With the sunshine pouring into my kitchen lately, I suspect it’s going to be a short winter. As someone who respects science and logic, I fear that climate change is largely responsible for the picnic … [Read more...] about The Pink Herb