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Spoon Jar Kitchen and Fermentery

Recipes and ideas to feast and ferment on.

 
Miso Mushroom Salad
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Miso Mushroom Salad

My husband and I recently returned to Izakaya Minato in Portland, Maine on a weekend vacation to get out of the house and eat a bunch of delicious food. One of the stand out dishes was the Kinoko Salad, consisting of sauteed mushrooms and roasted delicata squash in a rich soy and butter sauce over lightly dressed baby spinach. The sweet squash and gently dressed spinach balanced the bracingly salty sauce perfectly. I knew after we ate that dish I wanted to make a version of it at home.

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Using Preserved Lemons
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Using Preserved Lemons

Let’s revisit the subject of preserved lemons. With more time at home, now’s a great time to either make some if you bought too many lemons or start using the jar you made a month ago. Here are a few quick recipe-ish ideas to start incorporating them into your cooking.

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