I had a moment tonight when I felt like I was in Kitchen Stadium competing in Battle: Really Need to Go to the Grocery Store and Stock Up. In my mind, the Chairman said did his karate chop over a steel lid (or in my case the fridge) and revealed the secret ingredients: a few onions, potatoes, ears of corn,…
As part of the overabundance of fruit from a week ago, I decided to poach some of the apples and peaches I had left from Waverly. I found that poaching was very similar to the process I used to make pickles where I produced a flavorful liquid, put the fruit into the liquid, and made a fantastic…
I am in the process of watching the inaugural episode of The Next Iron Chef and I am not entirely sure what I think. It is not that I am not enjoying the show, but I just do not have a good feeling for what the show is trying to accomplish. Part of me wonders, what…
Last weekend, we took a trip to a few of the apple orchards outside Kansas City. A late freeze decimated the local apple crop, but I did purhcase a nice ten pound bag of Fujis outside of Waverly. After a week, I can say definitively, the problem with buying a ten pound bag of apples is that…
Warning: In this post, I talk about who won the Top Chef finale. Another season of Top Chef has come and gone. This was my favorite season right up until the finale. It occurred to me that Season 3 was a lot like Season 1. Both were loaded with talented chefs who did not exactly…
Okay, due to a scheduling conflict, I am just now firing up the Top Chef season 3 finale. I am voting for Hung, but cheering for Casey. So that means Dale will obviously win…
During the Top Chef Season Three Finale (Part One) , Chef Eric Ripert made a comment I found jaw dropping. Brian Malarky had prepared a braised elk dish that he served with a a number of garnishes including the choice of either gorgonzola or rochefort (forgive me if those are wrong, I am going off…
I spell check every post in Word before I publish it. I was amazed today that “andouille” is not recognized as a valid word.
(Note: the blog author is in no way related, affiliated, or otherwise linked to Zatarain’s.)The weather is starting to get colder (well sort of. Here in the Midwest cold is off and on) and cool weather gets me in the mood for soups and stews including my personal favorite: gumbo. However, to make gumbo requires…
An article I wrote recently required that I find a creative use for Thanksgiving leftovers. Since I do not tend to keep mashed potatoes, roasted turkey, or sweet potatoes in the ‘fridge, I decided to treat my family to an early Thanksgiving dinner. As I have alluded to before, there appears to be something in my family’s genetic makeup that does not allow us…