recipes

Duck Feast [Cooking]

March 8, 2012

It’s always good fun getting together with buddies to cook, and my friends Matt and Aaron and I have been talking about doing that for a while. After some scheduling conflicts, we finally pulled it off a few weeks ago, deciding to cook a little duck. Which ended up being a big understatement. I purchased […]

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Diet, Revisited

February 29, 2012

Prompted by the Lental season (which traditionally includes fasting), in an effort to get in better shape and lose a few pounds, I’m revisiting paleo diet concepts, modified to be realistic for my lifestyle. Food is not just fuel to me, and my goal in eating is not simply to perform better in the gym. I’m […]

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More Fun with Sous Vide

February 23, 2012

Quick post – I’ve been on the road for work all week, with little time to blog. Geez, real job getting all in the way and stuff. I’ve been cooking a fair amount lately, including having plenty of fun with my sous vide cooker. I did a beef chuck roast for about 40 hours at […]

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Lasagne Verdi al Forno, Duck Fat Carnitas, Twice Fried Wings

February 6, 2012

As mentioned, I’ve been traveling frequently for work and pleasure over the last two months. This past weekend was my first spent at home since mid December; I’ve been quite eager to cook. My first project was beef bourguignon. I was happy with it. I sous vide half the meat (the other half prepared traditionally) and […]

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New Year’s / Mexican Breakfast Casserole Redux

January 2, 2012

Hope everyone had a great New Year’s. Mine was spent with friends in the mountains of NC. We had good food and wine. I assisted with dinner, and for the morning-after I made the same Mexican breakfast casserole I’ve been making for years. My camera is a little better than my initial post on this […]

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Rock out with my stock out

November 14, 2011

For this post I also considered the title “Jock out with my stock out”, as this past Saturday also included a good bit of college football watching while making demi-glace with my friend Dude. See, it would have worked two ways. This was my first attempt at a true demi-glace, a rich sauce made by […]

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Filing Recipes & Kitchen Inspiration

October 6, 2011

I read a lot of food related materials – magazines, blogs, newspapers, and the like. When I come across a dish I’d like to recreate or a recipe I want to add to my never-ending list, I have various methods of saving it. If it’s an actual hard copy (old school, I know!) I tear […]

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wine, food, fun, etc.

September 29, 2011

I’ve amassed a bunch of crappy iphone pics (and crappy good camera pics) to share with internet-land. Operation photo barf commencing. How about the above bar near Lake Burton? I’m considering opening a satellite location in College Park. The wines I’ve tasted lately have continued to be an embarrassment of riches. Le Montrachet (right) is one of […]

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