Delicately poached wild salmon is on the menu for this special Earth Day episode! Zest your tastebuds with two simple recipe building blocks: freshly squeezed lemon juice and salsa verde. (02:00) We’re remixing this rustic, refreshing Mediterranean condiment with a pinch of bitterness from coarsely chopped parsley and a dash of red pepper flakes. (8:00)…
Compote, Compost and Cooking with ‘Ruthless’ Rhubarb
Spring has sprung, and rhubarb has won! In this episode, the versatile ingredient will be broken down … to a compote! Is it a veggie or fruit? How is it used in both sweet and savory recipes? Get inspired to make your own strawberry-rhubarb compote over ice cream! (03:00) Vanilla my sugar! We share a…
Marrying the Seasons
Spring is here, the gardens are budding, and our taste buds are fired up for Season 2 of We’re Cookin’! In this second season premiere, we’re serving a springtime medley of flavor and fun, featuring seasonal cooking tips from host Chris Coppola Leibner, owner of Washington DC’s beloved Just Simply… Cuisine cooking school – and…
Zoom Classes
Would you like to cook with us in your home kitchen and have a meal ready for hungry eaters afterwards? We’ve tweaked our class format to stay socially distant by offering virtual cooking classes for you and your family, friends and co-workers upon request. Email our Woodley Park location to set up your private, custom…
Classes Cancelled
It breaks our heart to tell you that our hands-on cooking classes have been cancelled due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Please stand by as we regroup so we may offer more virtual ways to cook good, clean food at home. In the meantime… don’t forget to follow our Instagram feeds justsimplycuisine, justsimplycuisinenorth and jscsageadvice…
Living Off the Land
We’ll be stepping up and sharing kitchen and garden tips and tricks! See our recent video and link here as we take you through our garden and talk about herbs, garden structure, spring pruning, self-seeding wild flowers and our arch enemy… the squirrels! Don’t forget to poke us if you have questions. We’re here to…
Gourmet Getaway
Experience an entire weekend of delicious fun exploring the region’s best flavors with Executive Chef Martin Galloway and Chris Coppola Leibner of Washington’s Just Simply Cuisine, along with friends from The Cornucopia Café and FireFly Farms.
Marrying the Seasons…
Farm markets are a great way to learn about what’s “in season” and “where food comes from”. And colorful flavor is everything in a dish. Here we married spring and summer by prepping asparagus with zucchini and tomatoes to make a deliciously vibrant “Pasta Primavera”. One of our favorite class sayings is “what grows together…
Heading North
As many of you know, since 1995, Just Simply… Cuisine has pioneered the DC “good food” movement in home cooking, eco-friendly kitchens and organic, edible teaching gardens. We are pleased to announce that our mission “to change the way we eat” is on its’ way to Chevy Chase DC as a new affiliate, Just Simply… Cuisine North….
Firefly Farms Creamery
FireFly Farms Creamery and Market offers award‐winning premium goat cheese that features the distinct regional flavors of Mountain Maryland. Each cheese is artfully handcrafted and aged with precise detail offering distinguished flavor and exceptional texture. Made in Accident, Maryland, FireFly Farms’ cheeses are produced with agriculturally sustainable, locally‐sourced fresh goat’s milk and time‐honored, traditional methods of…
Lemon Plugged Roast Chicken
Seasoned with Maldon, ground peppercorns and fresh Rosemary, smeared with olive oil and plugged with a lemon… we roasted our 4 pound chicken in a Lodge cast iron skillet at 400 degrees F on the 2nd to bottom oven shelf. Our bird cooked for a half hour before we surrounded him with potatoes and carrots. Then thirty…
Hot Off the Press…
More than a collection of recipes… Our new Home Cook’s Food Journal is your own personal notebook for sourcing, cooking and eating real food close to home. We’ve divided it into the four seasons, with techniques that you’ll use most often in each. Feel free to mark it up and add your food favorites and family’s kitchen secrets. Use…