Lately, Mary and I have been getting into the whole Breakfast Skillet thing. We’ve always enjoyed them at restaurants where decent ones are served. Of course, there are restaurants where a so-called “breakfast skillet” is nothing more than layers of ingredients from different parts of the kitchen. Open-face biscuits topped with browned sausage topped with […]
Category: Recipes
Video: Making Individual Filet Wellingtons
In the second video from the series from the Chef’s Table on November 8th, there’s a new video posted on this page on the making of Individual Filet Wellingtons. Yes, a Jaccard is a sharp object. And no, my thumb is not … Even though we know we’re still in need of lighting and a […]
Video: Making Acorn Squash Bowls for Squash Soup
It’s difficult if not impossible to post videos in here without a Mac. WordPress doesn’t like some of the underlying code for embedding videos from YouTube. But in the Mac version that dislike is broken, so posting videos from a Mac actually works. Go figure … Anyway, over at the Frog Leg Inn’s web site I’ve […]
Recipe: Tomatillo Salsa
This stuff is currently disappearing rather rapidly. I’m gonna need more pita chips. Back in September I started playing around with a recipe for a green sauce made by Mario Batali’s babysitter, Aculpoca-born Leo Maya. I’d been itching for a while to make a salsa out of it, and the concept has been on the back […]
National Bundt Appreciation Day, Nov. 15: Sour Cream & Apple Bundt Cake
Over on The Great American Cooking Project, as part of her year-long trek through century-old cooking and techniques, Nora Leah is hosting the National Bundt Appreciation Day on November 15th. My Adam will be 15 that day, so yesterday when we celebrated his birthday, he and I made a Sour Cream & Apple Bundt Cake. […]
Recipe from Pel-Freez: Rabbit & Sausage Gumbo
Over on the Home Life blog here on BlogsMonroe.com, Sarah asked an interesting question a couple weeks ago: Lately my husband and I have been considering raising rabbits as a meat source for our family … I like the idea of raising our own meat as we know how it was cared for, what it was […]
National Meatloaf Appreciation Day, October 18th
Wow, what a busy weekend! We’re just now recovering from a few days of running and running, and hope things are a more even keel, at least for the next few days. Over on Serious Eats the gang has decided October 18th, this-coming Thursday, will be National Meatloaf Appreciation Day: Meatloaf lends itself to improvisation […]
Adam’s Omelets
So, what do you do when you’ve got a 14-year-old like this one, who can whip up the kind of omelet you see in the above photo? That’s right, ya’ take him on the road! This is the same Adam of mine who lost his head for the camera a few posts back. In this image to […]
Recipe: More On Batali’s Babysitter’s Green Sauce
In the past few days I’ve posted more than once about Chef Mario Batali’s babysitter’s Chicken with Green Sauce, how easy it is to make, how wonderful it tastes, and yesterday, how versatile it can be. But I have a confession to make. There’s a reason the sauce never looked quite green enough in the […]
Chef Mario Batali Leftovers, with Pork Tenderloin
Oh wow, these were some great leftovers! Well, really, only the sauce was a leftover … This is the same green sauce I made the other day when I made Mario’s Babysitter’s Chicken with Green Sauce. This evening I seasoned a whole pork tenderloin, then gently grilled it till it was medium rare. I sliced […]