PotStickers – Easy, Peasy, the perfect snack for Tết

  Asian, Autumn, Cast Iron, Cultural-Misappropriation, Fried, Pub Food, Quick, Steam, Winter

One of the SheWolf’s favorite splurge meals. Crispy chicken in a creamy, citrusy sauce. I tend to avoid chicken breast, it can be so dry and really does not have  …

  Autumn, Cast Iron, French, Fried, Italian, Sauce, Winter

And the New Year is upon us, and all the resolutions to eat healthy, exercise, quit smoking, drink less, etc, ad infinitum, ad nauseum..

Here’s a tasty little asian number that will wow you with the taste and the simplicity..

  Asian, Cast Iron, Quick, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter

An old Southern Tradition, Peas and Pork for luck

  American, Bean, Cajun, Cast Iron, Southern, Winter

Ah, the day after christmas, and all through the fridge are leftovers. Poultry, Beef, and HAM. Time to use some of those, is specific, ham, and even more specific, that  …

  American, Autumn, Bean, Cast Iron, Soup, Winter

Having the starter snow storm of 2020 drop 24″ of snow, is unkind even for the year 2020. After clearing the driveway, we made a short run to the local  …

  Autumn, Cast Iron, French, Simmer, Stew, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter

It’s cold, it’s windy, it’s the weekend, and I want spicy, hearty, umami rich food. Looking in the chill chest, I find a number of things that should be used,  …

  Asian, Autumn, Cast Iron, Fried, Quick, Sauce, Winter

Again a memory from my youth. Wilted lettuce salad with a hot bacon dressing. Many an evening meal was a simple salad, topped with a hot vinaigrette of bacon drippings  …

  American, Cast Iron, Fried, Side Dish

The first true autumn day in the new house is upon us, time to fire up the oven and put the kitchen to use. It is cool, rainy, cloudy, blah,  …

  Autumn, Baked, Cast Iron, Follow On, Stew, Winter

I’ve had enough of covid, my apt complex and the general feeling of being in prison. Usually whence I feel constrained, confined, and in general restricted, I find a good  …

  Asian, Baked, Cast Iron, Cultural-Misappropriation, Fried, Korean, Pub Food, Quick

Sunday, my day to splurge and spend time in the kitchen. Having spent the day yesterday in NYC, K-Town, with a vegetarian, I have a craving for meat feast, of  …

  Asian, Baked, Cast Iron, Cultural-Misappropriation, Korean, Sauce, Spring, Summer, Thai

And another Friday in lock down rolls by. I was so stir crazy today, I barked at a squirrel. Our corporate happy hour / CAH game is over, and I’m  …

  American, Basics, Cast Iron, Pub Food, Quick, Sauce, Vegetarian

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 we hunker in our bunker, I am commanded to, “Consider this your appearance on a cooking show. You have the contents of the kitchen to create dinner.” Well, we  …

  American, Asian, Cast Iron, Egg, Follow On, Fried, Quick