What is with the “Reboot” thing. I am going through the Rogue Chef archives of 2005 – 20015, selecting interesting posts, updating them, applying the new formats, and adding additional  …

  Baked, Bread, Cast Iron, Follow On, General, ReBoot, Side Dish

Back from a bit of travel, the room mates have fled to the west coast to avoid the winter storm, and I have a taste for comfort food. Whilst speaking  …

  American, Baked, Basics, Cast Iron, Pasta, Side Dish, Vegetarian

Doing a bit of multi-purposing here.  I have a new cast iron baker that I want to use for small loaves of bread, so it does need to be seasoned,  …

  Baked, Basics, Ingredient

The simplest of ingredients, can make the most wondrous of dishes.  No where is this more true than bread.   Flour, Water, Yeast, and Salt can combine into one of the  …

  Baked, Basics, Bread

Whilst clearing out my former pantry yesterday, I found a case of tomato sauce / puree from my last warehouse run.   As I am not about to just toss it  …

  Basics, Italian, Sauce, Simmer

Wandering out last night, I hit my favorite late night sushi/soju/sports pub for a quick bite and a small drink.   The barkeep, offered me a new take on infused liquor.   …

  Asian, Drink, Liquor

As spoken prior, I am in city arranging my digital life in a manner that someone other than I can make sense of.  My roommates have fled the city, so  …

  Baked, Basics, Bean, Cultural-Misappropriation, Fried, Ingredient

It is Memorial Day weekend, I am in city, sorting out my “Digital Life”.  The room mates have decided to “be elsewhere”, leaving me with the freedom to explore new  …

  American, Bean, Follow On, Ingredient

As spoken prior, It is cool to cold today.  I really want Mex-Tex for dinner, so I’m cooking bean and cheese enchiladas. From Wikipedia: An enchilada (/ˌɛntʃɪˈlɑːdə/, Spanish: [entʃiˈlaða]) is a  …

  Baked, Bean, Follow On, Mex-Tex

It’s cool to cold today, and I am thinking Mex-Tex for dinner.  Bean and cheese enchiladas, maybe a bit of Guacamole and Salsa to the side.  But I really want  …

  Cast Iron, Ingredient, Mex-Tex, Pub Food

And we have gone from fall/winter to full on summer.  I want something filling, tasty and cold. Walking and dripping my way from PABT, to my LIC lair, I passed  …

  Asian, Basics, Quick, Side Dish

Let’s have a chat about the new rage in cooking, much talked about, and greatly misunderstood.  I speak, of course, about Cast Iron cookware. Why is it all the rage?  …

  Basics, General, Tools

Whilst moving into my new abode, my roommates were rather shocked at the number of cutting implements I own and carry about. Fancy tools and knives is not the important  …

  Basics, General, Tools

With the bustle and hustle of semi-retirement comes the disruption of old habits, and the creation of new habits. It seems I’ve picked up a few bad habits and lost  …

  General