It seems that I quite often say something like, “if you’ve been reading along here for a while, you may have noticed that I can be a bit obsessive about (insert name of food here).” Recently, it occurred to me that to uncover this “secret” of mine, perhaps it’s really not necessary to read along… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Recipes
Dreaming of Beet Soup
For real. I am. This soup is tres dreamy. I’m in New York right now, but when I return home, we have to talk about this honey-thyme roasted beet soup with honey-thyme compound butter, pickled beets, and toasted walnuts. See what I’m saying?
Thanksgiving is Coming, the Turkey’s Getting Fat
And we all wanna know, what the heck to serve with that (please tell me that you are sing-songing this with me, right? Those cursed early-play, always-play Christmas carol radio stations have gotten the best of me. Clearly.). The main event at our family’s Thanksgiving celebration is a special kind of madness which we fondly… Continue Reading
Chouriço and Potato Hash
“You have to go to the potato store yourself,” JR insisted, with me standing, petulant, in the kitchen, chouriço and onion all chopped up and ready to go. “Why? Why can’t you? I mean, you’re right there,” I whined back. And he was. In the living room, glancing back at me over the island separating… Continue Reading
Pear & Sweet Onion Pulled Pork
Recently, at a class on sustainable meats (very ably taught by Jackie Church of The Leather District Gourmet), the icebreaker question posed to me was, “What’s your favorite thing to cook?” Sitting next to me, Laura and Rob of The Two Palaverers gasped (or at least it sounded like gasping to me), while I gasped… Continue Reading