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Some notes on marinara sauce
Some of you may know that I grew up in New Jersey with a family of Italian American heritage. With this background something that you learn, or at least have an understanding of, is marinara sauce. I never had someone to pass a recipe down to me, but I can tell you...
Santoku vs Bunka knives: What’s the difference?
If you've been reading these long enough you know my philosophy with knives; Get a good chef's knife, get a paring knife, get a bread knife. This will cover 95% of what you'll need to do in a kitchen. Everything you add after will simply do the jobs of these knives,...
Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Sydne
In this month’s volunteer spotlight we’re meeting Sydne. Sydne joined our volunteer team last year after retiring from her career in nursing. Today she helps with meal prep for the Senior Community Meal every Wednesday morning, and serving at the East African Senior...
Meet our new HIPsters
We're very excited to welcome many new faces to the HIP team this month! Read more about Cameron, Ryan, and Rachel below. Cameron Baker Community Engagement & Events Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA Cameron (he/him) is a recent UW graduate from the Food Systems...
What is galangal?
At HIP we recently made a yellow Thai curry. The base is a curry paste which includes garlic, lemongrass, salt, shallot, galangal, dried red chili, coriander seed, kefir lime peel, curry powder, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, cardamom, and nutmeg. While most of these...
Diced tomatoes: did you know?
Did you know that canned, diced tomatoes are treated so they actually hold their shape longer? I know this might seem obvious, but diced tomatoes aren't just....well...diced tomatoes. They're actually diced tomatoes with calcium chloride and citric acid added to them...
Guest Essay: The Problems With Not Offering Free Meals for All Students in Public Schools
By Kendall Rice Last school year, students in the Seattle Public School District received free meals from waivers issued by the USDA. Last summer, the waivers were removed, and now students must meet requirements to receive free and reduced-price meals. Being a...
Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Carlos
It’s time for another volunteer spotlight, and this month we’re featuring prep volunteer Carlos. Carlos has been volunteering in HIP’s kitchen regularly since July 2022, and he came to HIP in search of a way to do tangible work that helps his community. Carlos...
What are dangmyeon?
Taking a deep dive in the Korean pantry, today we'll discuss dangmyeon. These translucent noodles are at the center of japchae, a dish that also features stir fried vegetables and strong notes of garlic and sesame. This is something I always keep in my back pocket as...
Onion. Celery. Green bell pepper.
This "Holy Trinity" is the mirepoix of Louisiana Cajun and Creole cooking. So how did we get here? The French settlers of the region came with their mirepoix of carrot, onion and celery. Chances are, while both the carrot and bell pepper were capable of being grown in...
