I'm 1/8 Irish.
I couldn't let St. Patrick's Day go by without a nod. It is beloved by so many after all. It's a passport to drink a month's worth of beer in one day. And to wear buttons demanding to be kissed.
But I can't say it's a holiday that celebrates my favorite foods.
I thought about…
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…
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…
I rendered some duck fat and wanted to tell you all about the glorious experience.
I plan on using it in all of my recipes, from pie crusts to steaks to milkshakes.
Just kidding.
Sort of.
I made the rendered duck fat and have step-by-step instructions over at my "second home"... I just had too many boxes and filing…
Chicken breasts are hard to get right. Chicken tenders though... well that's a different matter altogether. A lot of protein tastes better when it's cooked low and slow. You can still get the brown crusty outside if you play with the fire...
These are perfect for you Super Bowl watchers this weekend.You know who you are.…
Grandma Pellegrini has these faintly pink glass bowls in her house. She's had them since the 1930's. She and her sister (my great-aunt) lived together in New York City when they were working girls.
I like that she still has them.
She served me a pudding in them that I would like to tell you about, because…
A few weeks ago Grandma Pellegrini sent me an email. Yes, she does email. She also does facebook. It is the dawn of a new era.
She said: "I'm just sitting down to enjoy my soup and my latest triumph in the kitchen. I decided this morning to put my various cast iron baking pans to…
Guess what this is...
I'll give you one clue...
It's not a leotard.
Okay, I'll give you another clue...
Now guess?
Okay, okay, geez, one more clue!
Red quinoa!!!
If you've never heard of it before, you're not alone. It's been slowly rising to stardom recently but hasn't reached full celebrity status yet. It's a grain-like crop grown for its edible seeds.…