Apr 08
In recent years, I have become fascinated with the idea of homemade sausage. I appreciate how varied and different sausages are from around the world. Sausage for all of it’s complexity in flavor and texture is essentially one of the most basic foods that we have been eating for thousands of years. Sausage was the …
Mar 23
I love one dish cooking. I don’t mind messing up prep dishes but cleaning them: Ick. One of the most rustically delicious, one-dish meals I make is Sausage with Potatoes. It’s so seriously easy & has a great combination of flavor that is perfect for a busy night. I often mix it up in the …
Mar 03
Let us be honest, most meals in a crock pot (slow cooker) are either over cooked, too salty or fall well short of the vision we had imagined when we first read the recipe. As a means of convenience, the slow cooker is a great innovation from the early 1970’s that played into the overall …
Mar 01
An American (or maybe just Texan thing) that I have whole-heatedly embraced is using a dry rub when grilling meat, whether in the broiler (grill) or the barbecue. Dry rubs are spice mixtures that are rubbed onto raw meat before cooking to impart flavour and caramelisation, however unlike marinades they don’t tenderise. To begin with …
Feb 13
As a child I remember going to my great grandmother’s house in New Jersey and sitting down for an afternoon of eating. The afternoon would start with this special round Italian bread, butter and strong stove top brewed coffee. Then the pan fried meatballs would be served, with the chicken soup with small pasta coming …
