Chicken Galantine with Mushroom, Olive and Herb Stuffing

I love preparing Chicken Galantine because it is so much more of a technique than it is a recipe. The end goal here is to butcher a chicken such that you can open it up flat with all its bones removed and have a relatively even layer of chicken meat and skin throughout. You then proceed to stuff the...

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Las Nubes, El Salvador - Abracadabra Coffee Co.

Abracadabra Coffee Co. is a relative newcomer to the VT coffee scene. They began roasting coffee out of Cavendish, VT less than a year ago. I was ecstatic to find their coffee at the Healthy Living Market in South Burlington, where Abracadabra's gorgeous packaging really caught my eye. It's always...

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Video: Quick Salsa

I recently picked up a tripod for my iPhone so that I could play around with recording video. I also had too many tomatoes on hand. This video is a result of those circumstances! Fresh, delicious salsa Regarding the salsa, I used 7 tomatoes, diced 1 large onion, diced Handful of cilantro,...

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Peru San Fernando - Heart Coffee Roasters - Feb 2016

There's a great multi-roaster cafe in town called Scout & Co. that features some of the best roasters in the country. I recently picked up the Peru San Fernando roasted by Heart Roasters out of Portland, Oregon.  Heart Coffee is available at Scout & Co. in Winooski and Burlington Peru...

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On Cooking - Lighten Up!

I've always felt cooking was fun - it's just that there are so many obstacles. Who wants to go grocery shopping for a long list of ingredients they'll probably use once, spend way too long imperfectly hacking away at vegetables, measure out all these wet and dry ingredients and wonder if they're...

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Welcome to 'Kitchen it with Dave!'

If you know me personally, you know I can get a bit obsessive about hobbies and tend to dive in head-first. I'm not that way about all of my interests but certain things just click with me. I'm here to discuss and share my explorations of two of those hobbies: coffee and cooking. A Chemex pourover I'd...

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