Archives for: March 2008
Pad Thai
I have heard about it. Pad Thai. Traditionally it's a street food. I've seen it in restaurants. I've eaten what seemed to be it, but was more of a sweet, brown, gloppy mess of it. Pad Thai. So I wondered, what does this dish really taste like. Is it a br… more »
Roast Duck
So I'm reading this post over at Blue Kitchen and as I was salivating over the duck fat roasted potatoes, I decided that I was going to have to have some. And since the pictures weren't edible, I was going to have to make them myself. First, obtain duck… more »
Maple Brined Pork Chops with Dijon Mustard Sauce
Ranch Gordo Good Mother Stallards are the beans that you see there. They were unlike any beans I have ever eaten. The pot liquor alone was worth the price of admission. They were tender but not mushy and really, really buttery. I soaked them for about 4… more »
Chicken Chimichanga
There are plenty of items that I love on a Mexican retaurant's menu, hard tacos de carne, burrito supremo, taco loco, queso fundido, and a bunch more. But there is nothing I like more than a chimichanga. It is really quite basic yet I understand that in… more »
Baked Eggs
Baked eggs with polenta, cheese, and bacon! Yes!
First, let me thank Robin at Caviar and Codfish, formerly known as Clumsy Cook who grew as a cook into a great cook, IMHO. She made this dish in her $10 or $12 dollar cast iron ramekins from Wal-Mart.… more »
Thai Red Curry Seafood
I made this dish last month and it came out pretty good. I used big sprouts in it then, but I didn't really like the way they came out; kind of limp and squishy. No one likes a limp sprout.
This dish, though inspired by a half a dozen recipes that I'v… more »
My Gyros
These sandwiches are definitely a crowd pleaser in my book. Can they even be called sandwiches? I read somewhere that the taco is actually a variation of the gyro. Whatever, they are tasty and without a doubt the great taste is a combination of the garli… more »
Shrimp En Brochette with Dirty Rice
I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that the term en brochette refers to food that is cooked and/or served on "brochettes" or skewers.
**** Wait a minute... Googling now ****
Yup that's what it is. Gotta love the interweb.
I haven't got a larg… more »
Hummingbird Cake
Once again it manifests itself. This cooking - baking tandem. Beck made this wonderful hummingbird cake and I tried to eat it all. You can imagine how the treadmill creaked as I mounted it. As if I mounted it enough for it to remember how much I weigh. A… more »
Penne Rustica
One of my favorite dishes, despite the fact that is comes from an Italian themed franchise, is the penne rustica from the Macaroni Grill. As a matter of fact, of the half dozen or so times that I've been there, I don't think that I've ordered anything el… more »
XML Feeds
