Kitchen Snapshots: Drying Herbs + Salsa and Nachos

The arrival of sleet and snow flurries means a final trimming for our herb garden. Above, final survivors oregano and dill are cut and ready for drying at Cafe Drake HRV.

The day may never come when we tire of rice, beans and salsa for dinner at Cafe Drake HRV. Above, two of our favorite condiments with recipe links from our archives: Salsa Cruda and Tomatillo and Chile de Arbol Salsa.

And what more can we say about our passion for nachos? A new obsession is the combo above of stewed black beans, Jack and Cheddar cheeses, a tomatillo and chile de arbol salsa, black olives, sour cream and chipotle chile powder.