Cooking Foundations

Cooking Principles – Savory or Sweet

A few recipes become everything else.

Foundations are the recipes underneath the recipes. They are the base notes, the building blocks, the quiet things that make the rest of the food possible.

In Satisfaction, foundations are techniques meant to be used, shared, improved upon, and returned to.

Learn one well, and it can champion many satisfying meals.


Sweet Treat Foundations

Just Desserts

Loretta Dough

A foundational dough made with honey, dates, cream cheese, and flour. It becomes cookies, bars, muffins, and seasonal desserts. The perfect frame for what is fresh and featured.


Baking Foundations

Just Desserts

Compotes

A Foundation Method for Concentrating and Preserving Fruit


Baking Foundations

Just Desserts

Custards & Curds

A Foundation Method for Concentrating and Preserving Fruit with the Addition of Dairy


Foundation Ingredients

Cabbage

Crisp & Caramelized Veggies

Roasted until caramelized and crispiness is underway. Where charring starts at the edges but burning does not occur. The natural sugars in the vegetable reach the right temperature to crystallize.


Foundation Technique

Quick Pickled Cabbage

Purple Champagne Coleslaw

Bright, peppery, and sharp. A simple quick pickle wakes up vegetables. Spike all your meals with this quick and flavorful addition.

Broths to Gravy & Glace

A large pot of turkey stock simmering with vegetables on the stove.

Basics of Base

Nourishing, forgiving, and always worth having around. For longevity and healing. A base for soups, braises, and deeper everyday cooking and nourishment..


Meat Mixes & Meat Vehicles

A baking tray inside an oven containing six meatloaf patties resting on cabbage leaves, with some roasted cabbage pieces on the side.

Meat Mixes & Meat Vehicles

Learn How to Mix & Present your Meat