Category Archives: Cooking
Braunschweiger: How can something with such an ugly name taste so fantastic?
I have mentioned to you previously (here) about the great group of folks who get together every so often to buy whole animals. When you do this, you get all of the animal including the offal. Yes, say it just like you would say … Continue reading
Filed under Charcuterie, Cooking, Offal, Pork, sous vide cooking, Sous Vide Supreme, water oven
After an absence, Fanatic shows up for the party.
Hello again. Sorry I was absent for so long (its been more than two weeks). The first week was a planned absence although I had planned to have something in reserve to put up during that time. Well, no excuses, … Continue reading
Filed under Cake, Cooking, Culinary School, Education, Fish, Pastry Making
Spring peas: the stuff my dreams are made of?
I have been dreaming of fresh peas (of the “shelling” or “English” variety) for more than a month now. I had started seeing restaurant menus featuring “spring” peas and this, I am sure, is what got me going. I put … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Farmers Market
Fanatic Fiddles with Fire; Lamb roast gets torched.
My mother-in-law (Libby) loves lamb. However, she also thinks that it is only for a special occasion. Thus, she only eats lamb at a restaurant…unless I cook it for her. I, on the other hand, eat lamb when ever the mood strikes. … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, kitchen tools, Lamb, Sous Vide, sous vide cooking, Sous Vide Supreme, water oven
Fanatic freed from phobias at famous food facility (i.e. The Culinary Institute of America)
I am a cook – NOT a baker or pâtissier. So why then, you may ask, did I go to the venerable Culinary Institute of America for a 4 day intensive course on baking and why am I going to be … Continue reading
Filed under Baking, Bread, Cake, Cooking, Culinary School, Education, Pastry Making, Pie
Pulled Pork Preeminent
One of the justifications I used to talk myself into buying the Sous Vide Supreme was that it would replace my crock pot. Now those who know me are aware that it is my intention, in just a little more … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Pork, Shoulder, Sous Vide, sous vide cooking, Sous Vide Supreme, water oven
Fantastic Flavor from Fermented Fruit
For me, many things culinary are an experiment. I often order food I have never tasted before when I see it on a menu and I regularly cook things I have never previously prepared. (Most often, without really using a specific recipe.) I like to … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Food Trends, Preserving
This little piggy was eaten…
Ok, if you have not yet figured it out, I LOVE pork. What’s not to love? There is nothing dull about a good piece of pork, even if it is served sans sauce. Perfectly simple, mildly seasoned, high quality pig requires little if any fanfare, … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Pork, Sous Vide, sous vide cooking, Sous Vide Supreme
The Finest Food From Fat
I know people who don’t like chocolate, I know people who don’t like cake. I know people who don’t like tomatoes and I know people who don’t like steak. (Sounding a bit like Dr. Seuss here, I am!) These are things … Continue reading
Filed under Comfort Food, Cooking, Pork, Preserving, Uncategorized
Prosciutto, Parma, Serrano, Iberico, Bayonne: A dry cured ham by any other name hopefully tastes as sweet.
Last fall, along with three other people, I bought a Red Wattle pig. I was actually part of a larger group of 12 people who bought three little piggies. We bought them when they were not yet ready for market and still happily being fattened … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Dry Cured Ham, Lard, Pork, Preserving, Prociutto
