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When I read this week’s SundaySupper theme was “Low & Slow” I knew exactly what I wanted to make and where I would get inspiration from. As regular readers of my blog will know, this site has been taken over by a lot of slow cooking – cooking in a smoker to be exact. After [...]
It’s been a good month plus since I’ve participated in a Sunday Supper event with my fellow food bloggers. The theme this week is Mother’s Day. I had the perfect recipe picked out after asking my wife what she wanted me to make for her this weekend. She had her eye, or is it [...]
Most of my K-12 eduction was in Portland, Oregon where there was a lot of rain. Seriously, a lot. The nearest beach was a good couple hour drive and when you arrived there it was rocky and the wind would blow away any object you put on the sand that was less than 20 pounds. [...]
Great ribs are simple with the right equipment. In my case, that’s putting my recent electric smoker purchase to work. So far I’ve made brisket, pulled pork and now baby back ribs. It’s so easy it doesn’t even feel like cooking. Though the brisket did take a lot of work, the pulled pork and ribs were [...]
Thank you Meat God. When we moved out of Texas last year to come back to my home state California, one thing I knew I’d miss was Burgundy Pasture Beef. The ranch in Grandview, Texas was a gem in where I sourced my meats. We would drive to the ranch about every 6 weeks (it [...]
After a couple weekends of back-to-back smoked meats, I was due for a Saturday and Sunday of vegetarian meals. Last night was some great Asparagus Risotto. Following up last night’s meal, I had some beautiful swiss chard from the La Canada Farmers’ Market that needed to get used. This dish was a perfect way [...]
I love risotto. It is incredibly flexible where a wide variety of combinations can combine to create some amazing dishes. In fact, last month when I was in Chicago for work I was in a cooking competition. Our team had flank steak, bell peppers, and potatoes as our ingredients. I led our team choosing between [...]
I was reading an interview with food author Michael Pollan earlier today. He did an interview with Grub Street NY as part of the promotional tour for his new book Cooked. The interview talked a lot about Pollan’s experience with food through his family and mostly from his mother. This got me thinking about my [...]
With a new toy in the backyard, it’s no surprise I’ve done back to back weeks of BBQ. This weekend I put the smoker to work doing some Pulled Pork. Friday after I work I made a trip to west Los Angeles to Lindy & Grundy and picked up a beautiful 6 1/2 lb bone-in [...]
Since leaving Austin, Texas last month after one of the better South By Southwest years, I had a craving for BBQ – smoked BBQ to be exact. See I went on a Pilgrimage to a place that had been recommended to me for year: Franklin BBQ. For some dumb reason, I went to Austin four times in [...]
