Tamarind is another one of those culinary adventures I have not experimented with but want to learn. It really adds a great sour flavor to any dish and the first thing I think of when I think of sour is hot and sour soup. So in order to balance that sourness I chose to add […]
Char siu is Chinese barbecued pork and probably the best way to describe this dish. Traditionally it is strips of pork that are marinated in a mixture of honey, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, 5 spice powder, and sugar. I modified it a little bit (hello crushed red pepper and garlic) and instead of using slices of […]
The inspiration for this recipe came from Jamie Oliver’s show on Food Network. He did a rhubarb pork using pork belly and it was intriguing to me since rhubarb is considered to be a dessert item not something to be served with pork.
I have rhubarb and duh I have pork so well why not give […]
First off thank you Chicago for lifting the foie gras ban (click here to read the article).
Dry rubs are one of my favorite summer ways to do meat and vegetables. It is amazing the flavor you can get from the rub and still manage to be lazy.
This rub works awesome with pork or chicken. I also […]
Last Saturday my dad and I made a trip up to one of my favorite meat markets. It is a little Amish shop called Yoder’s Meat Market in Shipshewana, Indiana. It is one of those types of places that will bring a good tear to your eye when you walk in well heck even on […]
I have to admit I have been a big slacker in the kitchen department the last week. Work was actually requiring me to work and the weather in Indiana finally decided to break so last week has been spent outdoors doing fun stuff like prepping the garden, mowing, raking leaves (yeah I know that is a fall project but I […]
We are finally starting to warm up in Indiana which means time to start taking the cooking outdoors. Luckily at my house I can grill all year round since I keep the grills in the garage. However, there is something nice about being able to stand outside watching the grill as opposed to putting on a heavy jacket […]
Yes you read that right this recipe is for candied bacon. I am a firm believer bacon can go into anything (including ice cream). The inspiration for this is from David Lebovitz’s experiment with this (click here to read his entry). I was going to try and use and experiment with mascavo sugar but unfortunately […]
The merlot sauce in this recipe will play well with a majority of meat such as beef (especially mr. bland filet), pork chops, or even some lamb chops. Besides being versatile a merlot sauce is a simplistic sauce to make that is very flavorful.
I chose to use pork chops (surprised I went to something pork […]
Part of the joy of buying whole and half pigs is you are left with all this bulk ground up sausage. I like to get the sausage unseasoned and then add my own spices for different flavors. You can usually find this sausage at the butcher or grocery store and it is normally labeled bulk or unseasoned […]
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