I know I haven’t posted in over 3 weeks. I won’t make excuses other than getting caught up in the holiday season (we have a 14′ tree still up in our great room!) and being busy getting a new job … Continue reading
Christmas dinner, two days late
Category Archives: Indoor Cooking
My first pho
My wife and I were invited to dinner the other night by our friends Hal and Dawn to try pho for the first time. Â What is pho? Â For those that don’t know (I was one until recently), it’s a Vietnamese … Continue reading
apple bacon salad
I like cole slaw, especially with pork. However, not everyone feels the same way, so I’ve had it on my mind to try to come up with something as an alternative to cole slaw. The first thing that came to … Continue reading
sonic-inspired breakfast (and Christmas countdown)
It’s now 24 days until Christmas, and my early present is I got a new job! Yea! I may be nuts, but I kind of like the Sonic commercials. The latest breakfast treat is their sausage biscuit dippers. I decided … Continue reading
Leftover Flat Iron Steak
We’re finally used to being back home from vacation in Maine. We were only gone a few days, but we really fell in love with Maine in general and Kennebunkport in particular! But now we’re back in the country, replacing … Continue reading
Smoked Pot Roast
I’m like just about anyone else… Grey winter days make me crave comfort foods. Yesterday could have been colder (I think it hit well over 60 for the day), but it was drizzly and grey all day long, so it … Continue reading
Pig Candy – A Great Christmas Appetizer
Christmas brings a lot of opportunities to socialize and throw parties. Whether throwing a party of just going to one, I like to have a few things that I can cook pretty easily in case I need to host people … Continue reading
Foie Gras
Here it is at last! The foie gras I’d been so looking forward to preparing and eating. The big question: was it worth it? The answer: a definite YES! This stuff is like heaven on a fork. Here’s the progression … Continue reading
Wine Party Preparation
Last night was kind of exciting. I got home to find a package waiting for me. That’s right, my duck liver had arrived! As I opened it, the first thing I saw was a bunch of those horrible styrofoam peanuts. … Continue reading
Anatomy of a stew
This past weekend was cool and rainy in Ohio. It was actually very warm, considering that it was the 2nd weekend of January, and temps were in the 50′s, but it rained and rained and rained. In fact, it rained enough I didn’t really want to be outside cooking, so I decided to make some beef stew, which I hadn’t done in some time. Continue reading