This is one of my favorite stews. It is perfect for the really cold months and for large gatherings when you have a lot of people to feed. In isn't your everyday beef stew. For one, it has equal parts lamb in it and then it also has a middle eastern flair...a little dried fruit,…
I think of any stock as liquid gold... the sure path to tastier food. And as you know by now, I like to use as many parts of the animal that I eat, as I possibly can. So this Thanksgiving, my turkey carcas became a lovely stock, that made the house smell like Thanksgiving all…
In a few weeks I'll be deer hunting. Someone recently told me that squirrel is the best meat in the woods. And while I plan on testing that theory and presenting you with a squirrel recipe one of these days, until then I'm clinging on to the notion that venison is the best meat in the woods.
The key…
I want to share with you the strange things that are coming out of my garden.
This carrot for example, which looks like a chicken:
Or this scale-tipping carrot...a 1.125 pounder.
There was a 1.5 pounder even, but I ate it. I turned it into carrot soup.
I never think of carrot soup except in the moment that I'm eating…