Alright, time for our traditional Christmas movie lineup: Die Hard, The Ref, Trading Places. Of course my old favorites Holiday Inn and its mostly retread White Christmas. We may test adding Love...
For dinner tonight: A starter of avocado halves in a sauce of mayonnaise, ketchup, chili powder, cayenne pepper, and single malt whisky. Lamb chops, dusted with a spice melange of toasted black...
Christmas is coming, and, for the first time in 5 years I won't be working the morning of Christmas Eve through to late afternoon/early evening on Christmas Day. In response, I promptly took off...
And, yesterday's feast, a German farmers fall harvest celebration. It is our traditional Thanksgiving meal. Yesterday we were together with 17 friends and family. 20 pounds of sauerbraten: chuck...
Turkey leftovers. A white chili, made by roasting onions, garlic, pablano, anaheim, and jalapeno peppers, the skin and seeds removed, and made into a paste. The skin and seeds pressed out into...
20 pounds of sauerbraten in the making (part 3). After a week of marinading, browning the meat, browning marrow bones, the browned meat, browned marrow bones, and all the marinading liquid and...
20 pounds of sauerbraten in the making (part 2). After a week of marinading, taken out of the marinade, dried, and browned (okay near blackened) vigorously. Four pounds of marrow bones similarly...