Just a riff on the usual “pigs in a blanket”, I can do the “ruff-puff” pastry as the crescent roll portion of that venerable appetizer, but I just do not  …

  Air Fry, American, Bread, Fried, Pub Food, Winter

Just a fried bit of cornbread batter, seasoned with salt and cayenne, maybe with some onion, garlic and jalapeno mixed in.

  Air Fry, American, Basics, Bread, Cajun, Quick, Southern, Vegetarian

One appetizer / side dish that was always devoured at my various holiday dinners was stuffed mushrooms. Usually done for the vegetarian crew, I eventually just did full sheet pans  …

  American, Autumn, Baked, Bread, Follow On, Quick, Side Dish, Vegetarian, Winter

A bit of a story around this dish; On one of the less than hospitable evenings at the lair, ( Think just about arse deep snow, hurricane force winds, and  …

  American, Bread, Cultural-Misappropriation, Pub Food, Sauce

Just a quick and dirty little way to use some of the sourdough bread being created. As a side dish for roasted poultry, (aka dressing) this excels, as a stuffing  …

  Autumn, Basics, Bread, Follow On, Ingredient, Side Dish, Vegetarian, Winter

Talking with my wife about the “good old days”, when one could just get in the car and drive to a restaurant, sit down and have a meal and be  …

  Asian, Bread, Cast Iron, Cultural-Misappropriation, Fried, Korean, Pub Food, Side Dish, Vegan, Vegetarian

As the “Hunker in the bunker” continues, social interaction moves online, people grow bored with inactivity, and cooking / baking become the new exercise. People new to bread making are  …

  Baked, Bread, Cast Iron, Side Dish

As the great lockdown continues, I begin to become restless. Quick Sir Badwolf, to the kitchen, there is bakery afoot … Do read the recipe notes… Easy, peasy, tangy, tasty

  American, Baked, Bread, Cast Iron

Yes, the great social isolation event is beginning to wear on everyone. Just to keep from going crackers, I think I’ll make crackers. The idea started this AM as I  …

  American, Baked, Bread, General, Pub Food, Stolen from the Net, Vegetarian

So, we are growing a starter, and part of that is discarding a portion of the starter at each feeding. One can either toss this hard won golden leavan ,  …

  American, Baked, Bread, Quick, Side Dish, Stolen from the Net, Vegan, Vegetarian

So, it begins, Me trying to quit / cut down on smoking.. Time to move my addiction from nicotine to the evil white powder, and all it’s friends, the high  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread, Quick, Stolen from the Net

So as we race into our third week of minimal activity, our second week on restricted travel, and our first week of mandated “shelter in place”, I begin to feel  …

  Basics, Bread, Follow On, Ingredient, Vegan, Vegetarian

As the pandemic panic continues to build, I ventured out to my local megamart for some of what my mother would call “the basics” (Salt, Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Flour). At  …

  Baked, Bread, General, Ingredient

As the great pandemic pandemonium descends upon us, I find myself ordered to work from home, (I’m not sick, but people are worried I will be). As such I find  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread, Cultural-Misappropriation, European, Side Dish

A fairly labor and time intensive flatbread. Just the thing to help ward off my nicotine cravings. This is a quite flakey flatbread partly due to the almost puff pastry  …

  Bread, Cultural-Misappropriation, Indian, Vegetarian