ad hoc at home

Grinding Meat. Ad Hoc Chicken. And More!

March 26, 2010

Now that I have a nice camera, I have no shortage of photos. I take pictures of every bowl of cereal I make, and I weird people out at restaurants. Having a large camera, people often ask if I’m in a food related industry. I just look at them oddly and say, “no, I’m in […]

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The Ice Cream Man is Coming!

March 23, 2010
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Fried Pork Belly Confit Taco

March 12, 2010

My post on the pork belly confit from the Ad Hoc at Home cookbook is far and away my most viewed post of the last four months, having almost three thousand page views. I think most of it has to do with the excellent photography by Broderick, but I think part of it is because […]

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Ad Hoc at Home: Short Ribs

January 21, 2010

A few weeks ago I continued my foray into the Ad Hoc at Home cookbook. I prepared the short ribs, broccoli rabe (using broccolini, all I could find), the potato pave (again), and celery root with melted onion. I was disappointed with my effort, it was too much to tackle at once, and I should […]

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Ad Hoc at Home: Beef Stock (video)

January 10, 2010

After the raging minor success of my first video, I now bring to you my second cooking instructional – the Ad Hoc at Home recipe for beef stock.

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Super H Mart

January 7, 2010

After Christmas I was driving back to Atlanta from Greenville, which isn’t a bad drive, and offers the side benefit of a trip through Duluth. Besides offering outstanding views of the “Gwinnett is Great” water tower, Duluth also has a surging Korean population, which has drawn the interest of national grocer Super H Mart. A […]

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Brine, and Some Wine

December 2, 2009

Around the end of the year, one topic you see a lot of if you follow food on the interwebs is food trends. Everyone likes to predict what’s going to be the hot ingredient, what restaurant concepts will catch fire, or what general eating trend will take hold. I’ve already seen a few posts on […]

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Ad Hoc at Home: Chicken Stock

November 8, 2009

I had a chicken back and some bones left from the chicken I cut up for the Ad Hoc Fried Chicken, so of course I gave the cookbook’s chicken stock a try. The recipe calls for many more bones than I had (not to mention chicken feet) so I cut the recipe down by a […]

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