It’s Hatch chile time again. This time last year we posted Hatched about roasting, peeling and freezer bagging a big pile of Hatch, NM, chile we scored at the Harris Teeter. So unpopular were the Hatch that our produce gal sold us the whole box for next to nothing. Time to put the roasted [...]
August 27, 2010
July 29, 2010
The long overdue revival of the margarita is underway thanks to the growing band of artisan mixologists who’ve abandoned the pitiful soapy green chainy concoctions. Maybe the designer ice cubes are a bit much, but the new drinks prove that booze and mixer quality count: the tequila should be 100 percent agave, the juice fresh [...]
July 7, 2010
Tossed steakhouse–everything in one bowl. The ultimate one-dish meal for leftover steak. Cube the steak into bite-size pieces for easy eating.
July 1, 2010
The New York Times has acknowledged oven ribs! Thank you. We’re delighted that food scientist and author Harold McGee has come out as a cheater. In the midst of the barbecue myth and mystery, here’s another myth buster who’s figured out that the foolproof low and slow method for tender, juicy, moist pork ribs [...]
June 22, 2010
We’ve been obsessed with smoking brisket since returning from a recent barbecue tour through the Hill Country around Austin, Texas. We’ll write about our home Texas barbecue shenanigans later (it’s a long, happy story). For now, here’s one important thing we didn’t expect to learn. Lardo, Texas style. Sure, we enjoyed plenty of the brisket [...]
May 25, 2010
We both remember when our mothers got their first microwave ovens back in the 70s. It was a huge deal meant to revolutionize home cooking. Our mothers were studying new cookbooks that touted whole meals in minutes. Everything went into the microwave, but not everything turned out like the picture. Remember all that gray hamburger [...]
May 11, 2010
R.B. got to be today’s lucky food segment guy on Nashville’s Channel 5 Talk of the Town with the effervescent Lelan Statom. It’s TOTT’s first time back on the air since the first of May flooding in Nashville. With a newsroom that had been under water, Channel Fivers worked out of halls, closets, corners. The [...]
May 1, 2010
Now that our patios are officially open for business, we’ve been busy tidying up the grill area. (Scroll down the page a bit for R.B.’s handy check-list so you can get your summer grill season going.) The big spring clean up is key for clearing the cold weather recipes out of our heads and making [...]
April 2, 2010
Oh no, the vegetarians are coming over. What will we serve? Have you ever felt like this? It’s so effortless for us omnivores to fall back on the usual meat-centered menus. Succulent braised short ribs during the cold weather, fat steaks on the grill as the temperature warms up. There’s always that grilled salmon. It’s [...]
March 4, 2010
Irish Soda Bread is a very simple rustic bread made with everyday ingredients handy around any Irish farm house—flour, salt, baking soda, and buttermilk. Leavened not by yeast but by the chemical reaction of basic baking soda with acidic buttermilk, the free form loaves are like dense biscuits with a jagged crisp crust. Sounds easy [...]
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