I was feeling pookie, so Irene made me a lovely brunch. European style crepes, stuffed with whipped crême fraîche and mascarpone, topped with a sauce made from fresh strawberries, and fresh...
Because of time constraints yesterday, and an excellent homemade egg pasta dough Irene had made, we went with shrimp scampi. Toss the shrimp with some koshering salt and baking soda, while we did the...
Today Irene, Colin, and I made shrimp and grits. First we took six cups of chicken stock and infused it with the shrimp shells and mushroom trimmings, while the shrimp stood with some salt, baking...
Bit awful that I heard about this from a friend in the UK... not any of my friends or family in NC! Makes you wonder about what goes viral and what doesn't.
I was thinking shrimp scampi over homemade egg pasta, but the lovely magic people at Amazon were able to bring me stoneground white grits today, so we're going to have shrimp and grits tonight! I'm...
My cooking may be non-standard: Just now I needed to wrestle past bacon grease, beef tallow, beef lard, pork lard, duck fat, and ghee in our fridge to get to the rendered chicken fat! For more, see a...
Mmm, now I'm thinking smoked bacon-wrapped chicken-thigh skewers, with a side of smoked bacon-wrapped-cheese filled jalapenos, and candied bacon for a snack.
All of course using my own bacon (cold...
With my love at a Samuel Smith Salute. Yorkshire cider and beers that they built a full 7 course menu around. And it's only the first evening! For more, see a Blog on my personal food blog and recipe...