Although this web site and it’s attached blogs are about wrapping food for the home cook, this blog will provide some of my favorite unwrapped recipes, as well as tips, tricks and product recommendations.
I am a pickle-holic! Olives, Dilly beans, Diakon and Dill PIckles are part of my diet. I have tried all kinds of recipes for dill picklets both pickled and fermented. I have never been able to get the fermented pickles to taste good. Not sure what I am doing wrong, as my SauerKraut and Kim…
fragrant Sichuan pepper on white acrylic background. How to Prepare and grind Sichuan Peppercorns Sichuan peppercorns are a wonderful spice. A bit of heat, a bit of pepper, a bit of licorice, just heaven in a dish!! These can be added directly to oil, and then removed, giving the oil a wonderful and complex taste…
Shredded ChickenRaw Chicken TendersChicken Tenders Ante Post Bet Chicken Tenders These Ante Post Bet Chicken tenders are a wonderful finger food. It will require napkins, as the sauce, though delicious, is sticky. But cooked the day before the Tailgate Party, and served cool or at room temperature these are a wonderful finger food. Ingredients: Dipping…
On October 10 the Kitchen at Bleubird Studio had another of their cooking evenings on October 10th with Chef Rodney. Chef Rodney is the Chef and owner of Rodney’s on Broadway, a fine restaurant in Georgetown Kentucky. He has done a number of these dinners at the Bleubird Studio. The Studio kitchen is a bright…
Things Every Home Cook needs I feel that one’s brain and hands are the most important tools required to succeed at anything, and cooking is no different. Certainly, this is true with medicine, music, and goldsmithing; all three of which I have apprenticed in and achieved some measure of success. In modern times, unfortunately, we…
Who doesn’t like bacon. Well there are those who don’t, but not this author. So what is bacon? It is salt cured pork typically from the pork belly or back. You will frequently find bacon used in this blog, on this web site and in my books since it is used to wrap all kinds…
You are ready to cook, or are you? Many of the things I have learned in life have usually come through mistakes and errors. Preparing to cook is no different, I have made tremendous errors but always learned from my mistakes. They are hard lessons to learn at times but necessary for progress in one’s…
Banana trees have more than just bananas The Banana plant is a flowering herbaceous plant. It has a central stalk and blades (leaves) on all sides. These leaves can grow to a very large size up to 6 ½ feet (2 meters) in length. Banana leaves are used throughout Asia to wrap food. They do…
Although I love garlic, onions come in a close second. A member of the allium genus family, onions are related to garlic, leeks and chives. Onions are found around the world and the “common onion” is the most frequently cultivat-ed. This vegetable is mentioned as far back as 5000 BC and was probably originally cultivated…
What is deep frying? This technique has been called deep fat frying, frying, deep oil frying and other names and is the cooking method of submerging food in very hot oil, 350-357 degrees F. The oil quickly cooks the outer layer of the submerged food, sealing the center and resulting in a moist interior and…