by Brian | Aug 5, 2016 | Recipes
Wednesday I did a cookbook review for The Slanted Door, a book featuring the recipes of Charles Phan and his marvelous San Francisco restaurant. The restaurant, a mecca from the day it opened for twenty years, offers Charles’ very refined blend of his native...
by Brian | Jul 11, 2016 | Recipes
In Cooking, Blokes & Artichokes: A Modern Man’s Kitchen Handbook chef, and now author, Brendan Collings provides guidance to all men. Including the kitchen-challenged. You don’t really need courage to cook, just a smile, a great guide, and perhaps a...
by Brian | May 26, 2016 | Recipes, TBT
This recipe will show you the full utility of the cast iron skillet you have hanging away. Even before you cook the pork loin, the skillet has had earlier duty roasting fennel seed for the rub that adorns the pork. This recipe, from The Cast Iron Skillet...
by Brian | May 11, 2016 | Recipes
When we say, “I’ll have the pork sandwich,” here in America that very often means pulled pork with Carolina-style barbeque sauce. Yeah, you can taste it now, can’t you? There are other ways to do pork, other delicious ways. We have Num Pang...
by Brian | Nov 17, 2015 | Recipes
I posted this recipe last year before Thanksgiving, suggesting it would be an ideal holiday delight. No, it's not meant for Turkey Thursday, but you'll have other feasts that week and this will be something that can nobly compete with the other holiday...