CHICKEN – Chicken Piccata

Chicken Piccata This Italian dish illustrates the cooking technique known as panfrying. Boneless, skinless chicken breast are pounded into tender cutlets for even cooking and quickly panfrying. Then a flavorful sauce is preheated in the same pan. I make this with...
Marinated Skirt Steak with Lime

Marinated Skirt Steak with Lime

Marinated Skirt Steak with Lime Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less, but requires additional unattended time. You can also use flank streak with this recipe. 3 pounds skirt steak 3 tb garlic (chopped )3 tb olive oil (coarse salt to taste )3 tb lime juice (or to...
Provençale Beef Stew

Provençale Beef Stew

Provençale Beef Stew   This stew is, to me, essential French. You combine all the ingredients one day and let them ripen overnight, cook the next day, and on the third-day reheat and eat. I have made this recipe so many times and in so many different ways that I...
Get Grilling!

Get Grilling!

This weekend is the time for grilling and we’ve had some requests to provide a few grilling tips for your River Cottage Farm Grass Fed steaks. Cooking over a live flame puts on a good show, and grilling steaks is a cakewalk once you’ve done it more than once. At...
Thanksgiving Comes to River Cottage Farm

Thanksgiving Comes to River Cottage Farm

It’s that time again and here is my favorite recipe for turkey this year.  Again, from the wonders of Williams-Sonoma… Cranberry Glazed Turkey Begin roasting the turkey at a higher temperature so the skin will crisp and brown, then reduce the heat to...