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How to make your own ham – plus a bonus recipe
It just keep getting better. Last year I made my own bacon (cured and smoked pork belly) and fabulous homemade pastrami (a corned beef brisket coated in spices and smoked). Most recently, and using similar process, I made ham as well. … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, food, holidays, leftovers, Uncategorized
Tagged black-eyed peas, bonus recipe, brine your own ham, city ham, ham, home-cured ham, homemade ham
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Football Feasts and Easy Appetizers
It’s that time of year again. The time when appetizers and finger foods are piled high atop wobbly tables surrounded by rowdy sports fans. I love it. In general, I am a huge fan of finger foods, hors d’oeuvres, tapas, … Continue reading
Weekend Smoked Mulligatawny Soup
This soup took me all weekend to make, but only because I smoked the chicken all day Saturday and simmered the carcass all Saturday night to make stock. This isn’t the way it needs to be. Before you read any further, … Continue reading
Breakfast, dinner, snacks: Recipes starring Bacon Jam
Bacon Jam is a fantastic recipe and a welcome gift in its many variations … I myself have made at least three variations on the same recipe, like chocolate-chipotle bacon jam, bourbon bacon jam and the regular recipe. People are happy … Continue reading
Posted in condiments, cooking, food, snacks, Uncategorized
Tagged appetizers, bacon jam, noodle dishes, sriracha, tofu, vietnamese meatballs, white beans
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$5 Challenge for Fall: Vegetarian Value Meal
I really love these $5 slow food challenges. Slow Food USA challenged chefs and food bloggers to “take back the value meal” by demonstrating that buying fast food, usually for about $5 per person, might seem like it’s saving money … Continue reading
Turophiles Unite Part II – Easy Cheesy
So you may recall my last cheese experiment, where I discovered the ease of making my own mozzarella and ricotta cheese. I used a handy kit from the good people at the Roaring Brook Dairy that I found at my … Continue reading
Paleo Paradise: Homemade Gyro Meat
I spent time in Europe as a teenager, and one of my favorite street foods was a Turkish doner kabob, delicious roasted meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie spit. I have always been a fan of good Greek food, even though … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, food, leftovers, Uncategorized
Tagged gyro meat, gyros, homemade gyros, lamb, leftovers, meatloaf, paleo, paleo lamb
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Summer grilling experiments
I have a fantastic outdoor cooking system that grills and smokes over charcoal or propane heat. That means I have great ways to cook almost anything. In addition to the posts I have already shared with you, where I discovered … Continue reading
$5 Slow Food Challenge: Phô for the Lazy American
I think I’ve outdone myself this time. My last $5 Slow Food Challenge, a phenomenally good smoked chicken posole, seriously knocked the $5 per-serving idea out of the park … I ended up with a cool $3.24 per quart. Not … Continue reading
British cuisine without the deep-fryer
On my continuing quest to make traditional things healthier (see Southern-style corn with more flavor and without all the heaps o’butter, and two vegetarian versions of a pork fat-drenched Brussels sprout recipe), I found a way to make the greasiest of handheld … Continue reading
Posted in baking, condiments, cooking, food, holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged British food, brussels sprouts, bubble and squeak, cornish pasties, sausage covered eggs, Scotch eggs
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