From the sweet, crispy skin to the rich and juicy breast meat, roast duck is a classic preparation that locks in moisture and flavor when prepared properly in an overnight brine. Mona and Jaret, the professional chefs and founders of the farm-to-fire restaurant Tournant, have a penchant for imaginative meals like this Maple-Miso Glazed Roast […]
Colorful, ruffled, oddly shaped, and a hallmark of winter’s colder temperatures, chicories are a root vegetable variety that offers a bitter brightness and a host of health benefits. Chicories are a digestive aid packed with vitamins and minerals. Professional chefs and Tournant founders Mona and Jaret bring together two powerhouses in the kitchen, Benchmade’s Station […]
Professional chefs and Tournant founders Mona and Jaret love to cook outdoors and serve their guests in that same natural setting. It’s part of their farm-to-fire, hyper-local cooking philosophy, utilizing what’s fresh and in season and using every part of the ingredients already on hand. For this recipe, it’s duck fat. When preparing their sweet […]
Nothing says natural outdoor cooking quite like wild mushrooms. Whether foraged by hand or hand-picked from the farmers’ market, wild mushrooms exude a rich, woodsy, meaty flavor that will surely spark conversations around the fireplace or fire pit. In their delectable and savory Wild Mushroom Tart, Tournant founders and chefs Mona and Jaret bring the […]
Celery may never see a starring role in any recipe or dish, but it plays an always-important supporting role in the culinary traditions of Western cooking as an aromatic foundation for flavor enhancement. It’s an ultra-versatile and essential ingredient in soups, stews, roasts, and bakes. Celery adds natural, earthy saltiness and depth to the flavor […]
If there’s a singular food item that best represents fall and winter cooking, it must be the pumpkin. Not so much the iconic orange Halloween pumpkin; instead, think of the sweet nuttiness of a kabocha pumpkin or butternut squash. Each has a distinct, subtle sweetness locked behind a tough skin—the perfect base for a dessert […]
Historians, mixologists and foodies agree that the Old Fashioned is one of the first named cocktails, a classic concoction of a rye whiskey (the original spirit), bitters, sugar and water. With storied origins in the early 1800s, it gained popularity, fell out of fashion, and then amassed a new following of partakers by the 1860s. […]
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