Recipes

Classic Salsa Verde

This is the salsa that started everything. My mother made it in a molcajete every Sunday morning. I make it in my wooden mortar and pestle every Sunday morning. Some...

Fresh Pesto

I carved this wooden mortar and pestle from a single olive branch. First thing I made in it was pesto. Still the best I have ever had. Ingredients 2 cups...

Guacamole

Content: By Della Mae Holloway I make this every Sunday. The wood holds the lime. The garlic stays in the grain. By next week the wooden mortar and pestle already...

Stone-Ground Chimichurri

My grandmother never owned a blender. She said if you can't smell it while you grind it in your wooden mortar and pestle, you're doing it wrong. This is her...

Spiced Curry Paste

Grind your own spices and you will never go back to store bought paste. The difference is not subtle. It is night and day. Your mortar and pestle was made...

Garlic and Herb Butter

There is something about grinding fresh herbs by hand that no food processor can replicate. The oils release differently. The smell fills the whole kitchen. Make this once and you...