I have been craving sauerkraut lately and normally I will braise a 2 pound Boston Butt in this mixture but faced with a package of chicken thighs that were defrosted I decided why not.
The sauerkraut part of this dish was adapted from one of my favorite cooking books of all times (bonus points to those […]
Still on freezer cleaning and this time I was staring at smoked pig neck bones and ham hocks. Well this instantly got me thinking cabbage soup especially since I picked up some potatoes and cabbage at the farmer’s market.
I went to the extreme when doing this but I felt that I bought this crock pot […]
Let us all do a happy apple dance because it is apple season and my favorite little roadside apple stand is stacked full of apple goodness. FYI if you ever want to win me over bribe me with an apple pie because it is one of my favorite desserts of all times (once again I am going with my […]
Well day 3 of Jeff’s 12 day coast to coast business trip. Right now sitting in a hotel in New York, exhausted, overworked, and still underpaid. The other joy is I am lacking the rental car (other guy I am traveling with has it) and I am miles away from the nearest train station to […]
Every person needs to have a good chili recipe in their back pocket because nothing screams for a good bowl of chili like a chilly fall night, poker night, cookout, or just trying to judge the pain tolerance of a date (and my parents wonder why I am still single). Pair it with a slice […]
Thank you mr. garden for some awesome tomatoes and mr. bunny for keeping the heck away from everything. Truth be told I was scared the start of the season because I lost a couple tomato plants early. However, the ones that did survive really came through and now I am stuck with an overabundance which is […]
I have a confession I hate writing about classic Italian dishes. I love to make them but making an entry about them seems to draw out every Internet troll to tell you how far off base you are. For some reason there is not a cuisine on the face of this planet that will be […]
While wandering through the local butcher shop I had to stop and double look because there was some beautiful thick cut pork chops staring at me from behind the glass. Since currently I am lacking in the pork chop department (3 freezers full of meat and a pork fetish you think I would have pork […]
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 […]
