I have a present for you. Well, for two of you. But I'm not sure which two. You are going to help me decide. You shall determine your own destiny!Ready? Okay, here we go...So many people have great recipes to share. I know this for a fact, because you share them with me often and…
The first time I saw a wild boar smoking slowly under the soot-blackened eaves of a dome-shaped grill I was mesmerized. I was standing 100 yards from the banks of the Mississippi, deep in the beating heart of the Arkansas Delta. The body of the pig was cloaked in thick slabs of bacon which were…
On Friday when I was showing you my adventures in thin crust pizza, one of the ingredients that I unloaded onto the crust was caramelized onions. And then it dawned on me that maybe not everyone knows how to caramelize onions...Do you know how? Do you want a quick little demo? Hm...I'll take your silence…
I've been keeping secrets from you.Well, just one wonderful secret.This is the woman who is responsible for my love of food:She took care of me when I was young. She would pick me up from nursery school and bring me to her house and sit me at the end of her long wooden table so…
As you know, I flew to New York at the peak of a major snow storm last week. I went from spring day to winter wonderland in six hours.All the power in my hometown was out. The snow was so heavy that massive trees were dropping branches left and right. In some cases whole trees…
This is the time of year when a lot of your proteins are in the freezer, since in many places, it is the “in between” season.One of my favorite things to do in these months is cure meat and fish. If I can manage to do it before it hits the freezer even better, but…
Ever heard that Regina Specktor song? It's one of my favorites. This morning I was "on the radio, on the radio..." and I didn't stutter too much. High five for me.In case you slept in this morning and missed it, here's the radio interview with Joel Shangle's "Northwest Wild Country," on Sportsradio, 950 KJR in…
A few things.1. I'd been sitting in an airport waiting for the snow to clear so I can take an impromptu birthday trip to New York. What better way to pass the time than with you? First we were supposed to take off at 9am, then 11am, then 12pm, then the captain made an announcement…
I recently got the news that I shouldn't drink much alcohol. You see, it makes me rather red faced.See?This was me and my boyfriend Francoise in Arles, France after the September "Feria du Riz."Okay, his name wasn't Francoise.Okay, he wasn't my boyfriend. He was just a jolly French man who wanted to teach an American…