For those of you that aren’t aware, today is International Sous Vide Day (1/26)! Granted, it’s more of a culinary “Hallmark Holiday” but it’s our
holiday and I for one observe it! So, I
though…
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds large shrimp, raw, fresh, defrosted or frozen, peeled to the tail and deviened, shells saved for shrimp stock SV if needed
- 1/2 tablespoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon…
Ingredients:
1 whole octopus, cleaned 1 tablespoon salt, kosher 1/4 cup olive oil, evcp or similar
for the lake effect cream ...
1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup mayonnaise, favorite b…
For those of you who don’t know me, it’s true, I do love a well-crafted
cocktail to soften the edges of a hard day. I’ve often wondered what the
drinking culture enjoyed before the advent of the…
Ingredients:
3-4 pounds 5-rib pork loin roast
1/4 cup Michigan Maple Spice Blend, or as needed
1/4 cup olive oil, evcp or similar
1-2 whole lemons, fresh
Directions:
Preheat the V…
Orson Welles famous writer, director, actor and all
around gourmand described the Negroni thus, "The bitters are excellent for
your liver, the gin is bad for you. They balance each other."
I…
I was surprised to learn that pheasant isn't indigenous
to the U.S. The earliest known
introduction of the pheasant to our shores is said to have been in 1733, when
the Old English Blackneck Pheas…
Nothing screams Fall to me more than squash - especially
pumpkins. Most people run to their local
groceries to pick up a few cans of canned pumpkin for their seasonal baking
duties but for my mout…
Whether you spell it Mangalitsa, Mangalica or Mangalitza
this Hungarian breed of domestic pig is taking the U.S.A by storm. Noted for its unusually thick wooly coat
similar to sheep, it's prized fo…
Necessity being the mother of invention it is said that
the Swiss popularized Cheese Fondue as a Swiss national dish in the 1930s as a
way of increasing Swiss cheese consumption.Cheese Fondue's firs…
I for one was greatly surprised to find out that the
Scotch or Scottish egg may have nothing to do with the land of haggis and the
70’s teeny bopper heart throbs, Bay City Rollers. Many culinary egg…