No don’t run away. Please! This post was inspired by my friend Brian who, with the air of a man heading to the executioner, told me that he was going to his parent’s to eat meatloaf. There is perhaps no other main dish so maligned in all of culinary history as the meatloaf (fruitcake takes the […]
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Almost Iron Chef
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, […]
Apple Pickles
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 […]
Recipe: Mexican Rice
I have been trying for a while now to perfect the secret of restaurant quality Mexican rice. My first attempt to make Mexican rice was to add salsa to boiled white rice. Please never try this. Next, I tried adding a can of tomato sauce and sautéed garlic, onions, peppers, and chili flake to cooked […]
Braised Potatoes
As I understand the term “braised,” I made braised potatoes last Friday. My son had tossed several spuds into the pan I was using to hold potato peels, covering them in potato juice. Figuring that putting the potatoes back into the bag was a good way to ruin the rest of the spuds in the […]
Salmon Mousse
The beautiful part of buying a side of salmon is that you get to experiment with a number of different recipes. On the same night I made Salmon En Papillote, I also made a little salmon mousse. I was expecting something difficult to make (I think it’s the French word in the title), but it […]
Salmon En Papillote/Cooking With Wine
On Monday, I made salmon en papillote, which is salmon cooked in a pouch of parchment paper. Having watched Alton Brown and my cooking instructor’s sous chef create salmon en papillote, I was pretty (over)confident that I create the dish. I learned the hard way not to be stingy with the parchment paper. That is […]
The Most Amazing Salad Ever
I can say without hyperbole that I had one of the tastiest salads I have ever eaten last night. I went to another cooking class, this one on vegetable preparation methods taught by Chef Cody Hogan from Lidia’s Kansas City. Other than my incessant questions, the star of the evening was a simple salad made from asparagus, scallions, […]
Arrowroot
I made a trip to Penzey’s today because I needed some Arrowroot. Tina and I had just gotten done eating at The Dragon Inn by the Overland Park farmer’s market (review to follow) where I noticed how thick the sauce for the Szechwan Broccoli and the hot and sour soup was. Because I am a total food geek, it reminded […]
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