A glorious eastern European dish, and the perfect standing for Corned Beef and Cabbage

  European, Follow On, Pub Food, Quick

Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
Creamy, Rich, and tasty. Comfort food at it’s finest

  American, European, Follow On, French, Side Dish, Vegetarian

Rich smokey ham, tangy mustard, and smooth beer. – A perfect Easter Main Course

  American, Baked, Follow On, Roast, Sauce, Spring

A query from a former roommate, prompts this post. Yeah, they still remember my cooking, the great successes, and the rather humbling failures. The query was for a garlic preparation,  …

  Cultural-Misappropriation, Follow On, French, Preservation, Simmer, Slow Cook, Vegan, Vegetarian

Trolling my recipe box, I ran into a dish for Char Siu Pork with Capsicums. And I now have a murderous taste for it. I’ll rework and revamp this post  …

  Asian, Follow On, Ingredient, ReBoot, Roast

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

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

As the great isolated thanksgiving feast roars down upon us, I find that myself and my wife will be celebrating alone this year. Whilst I will miss the closeness of  …

  American, Cold, Cultural-Misappropriation, Follow On, Indian, Ingredient, Pub Food, Quick, Sauce, Vegetarian

Now that the suspense of the election is over and there is a new hope, time for a bit of a celebratory meal. My wife loves shrimp, so maybe a  …

  Baked, Cajun, Follow On, Ingredient, Sauce, Seafood

So Monday was a waste of a day, a trip to the city, missed appointments, systems not ready, people out of the office. To salvage something of the day a  …

  Asian, Autumn, Basics, Condiment, Follow On, General, Indian, Ingredient, Preservation, Quick, Quick Pickle, Sauce, Thai, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter

As we travel well into Autumn, the temperatures are dropping, the sun is hiding, and I want comfort foods. The first thing that comes to mind is Chicken Soup, but  …

  Autumn, Basics, Follow On, General, Ingredient, Quick, Soup, Winter

Autumn takes another step forward with temps dropping from the 60’s to the 50’s, with wind and rain. I want a hot meal, I do not want to spend a  …

  Autumn, Follow On, Italian, Winter

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

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

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