Author Archives for Shelly Butcher

Korean Aged Black Garlic


I love tasting free samples of new foods at markets. The try-before-you-buy philosophy is a great idea when applied to food. Sometimes an item looks rather bland, but turns out to be remarkably tasty. Other times a sauce that looks great tastes, well, mundane. Once in a while, the food sample is so unusual that […]

Sonoma Soda


Today we welcome Shelly Butcher of the site An Open CupboardĀ into the Cook’s Kitchen. Let’s make her feel at home, y’all…
I don’t typically buy sodas, not even the “natural” variety. I’m just not a big soda drinker, nor is my husband A. Whether organic or full of chemicals, soda is a member of the candy […]

Shelly Butcher