Island Cooking Co.
Catering with Deb Nolan.
From weddings, rehearsal dinners, retreats, anniversary and birthday parties to family reunions, my San Juan Island catering business has been built, one happy customer at a time.
Prepping containers of edible flowers for San Juan Outfitter guides to pack up and take in their kayak trips. Farm to sea to table
At the market Tlatlauquitepec MX.
Mexican Vanilla Beans. $1 each!!
Cacao Frank Zacatelco. Muy rico
Nido de codorniz! At Mexko , Quail Egg Nest
Drop in patio lunch at El Mais de Nuestra Tierra, Ixtenco MX.. Yellow pea soup with nopales.
Todays chores includes ruff chopping lots of Italian parsley from the garden to fry for winter.
Summer Menu. Cedar Plank Salmon with orange miso sauce. Fire grilled lamb chops with Italian plum 5 spice chutney. Skagit Valley Red potato salad, sun dried tomato dressing. New Hannah Farm bib lettuce, local strawberries, rhubarb vinaigrette, goat cheese, spiced candied pecans. Heirloom tomato, melon salad, sumac honey splash. Mixed organic greens, flowers from my garden.
Am I making preserved lemons because I
A. I’ve always wanted too.
B. I needed to use up these Meyer lemons
C. I’m going on trip to Morocco
D. All of the above!!!
Sure it’s cold and icky out but I new cooking the last of last seasons wild salmon outside on a cedar plank over coals would bring out the best in it.
We had Bon Appetite’s Chocolate Buckwheat Cake (Feb 2021) for dinner last night. Sounds healthy enough doesn’t it? After a long late afternoon hike up Mt Young through the snow I was too tired to cook a big meal. I enjoyed every bite.
There were just too many satsumas in my fridge after the holidays. I thought I’d try to reduce most into a marmalade but after stirring and tending to them a bit I decide to just put it in jars and top off with rice wine vinegar. It’s been about month now and I’m happy with results. Makes a lively lovely vinaigrette for winter greens. Zero waste cooking. .