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Pork belly confit seared crispy, on a bed of sauerkraut, mixed-berry agridolce.
I'm proud of the sauce: shallots sweat in butter, mixed berries, port wine, sugar, MSG, pepper, cinnamon stick, star anise, chicken stock, balsamic vinegar, simmered, strained and reduced.
Powerful stuff.
Pork belly confit seared crispy, on a bed of sauerkraut, mixed-berry agridolce.
I'm proud of the sauce: shallots sweat in butter, mixed berries, port wine, sugar, MSG, pepper, cinnamon stick, star anise, chicken stock, balsamic vinegar, simmered, strained and reduced.
Powerful stuff.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Pork belly confit seared crispy, on a bed of sauerkraut, mixed-berry agridolce.
I'm proud of the sauce: shallots sweat in butter, mixed berries, port wine, sugar, MSG, pepper, cinnamon stick, star anise, chicken stock, balsamic vinegar, simmered, strained and reduced.
Powerful stuff.
Pork belly confit seared crispy, on a bed of sauerkraut, mixed-berry agridolce.
I'm proud of the sauce: shallots sweat in butter, mixed berries, port wine, sugar, MSG, pepper, cinnamon stick, star anise, chicken stock, balsamic vinegar, simmered, strained and reduced.
Powerful stuff.
The little forepaw WIGGLES on the way down the slide.
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The little forepaw WIGGLES on the way down the slide.
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PIZZA!
Detroit-style w/ red pizza sauce, shaved onions, pepperoni, green olives, soy-braised sliced meatballs, confit pork belly, gouda & parmesan & cheddar cheeses, dried oregano & thyme, onion & garlic powders, MSG, salt, pepper.
80% hydration dough 4-day fridge fermented.
Delicious!
PIZZA!
Detroit-style w/ red pizza sauce, shaved onions, pepperoni, green olives, soy-braised sliced meatballs, confit pork belly, gouda & parmesan & cheddar cheeses, dried oregano & thyme, onion & garlic powders, MSG, salt, pepper.
80% hydration dough 4-day fridge fermented.
Delicious!
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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PIZZA!
Detroit-style w/ red pizza sauce, shaved onions, pepperoni, green olives, soy-braised sliced meatballs, confit pork belly, gouda & parmesan & cheddar cheeses, dried oregano & thyme, onion & garlic powders, MSG, salt, pepper.
80% hydration dough 4-day fridge fermented.
Delicious!
PIZZA!
Detroit-style w/ red pizza sauce, shaved onions, pepperoni, green olives, soy-braised sliced meatballs, confit pork belly, gouda & parmesan & cheddar cheeses, dried oregano & thyme, onion & garlic powders, MSG, salt, pepper.
80% hydration dough 4-day fridge fermented.
Delicious!
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Oyster-sauce lacquered pan-seared chicken thighs (start in COLD PAN to render crispy skin, then finish in the oven). Rice.
Cauliflower gratin, with a sauce of cheese and béchamel (both home-made), crispy top made of buttered, spiced panko and RENDERED CHICKEN SKIN fried to crispy bits.
Oyster-sauce lacquered pan-seared chicken thighs (start in COLD PAN to render crispy skin, then finish in the oven). Rice.
Cauliflower gratin, with a sauce of cheese and béchamel (both home-made), crispy top made of buttered, spiced panko and RENDERED CHICKEN SKIN fried to crispy bits.
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Oyster-sauce lacquered pan-seared chicken thighs (start in COLD PAN to render crispy skin, then finish in the oven). Rice.
Cauliflower gratin, with a sauce of cheese and béchamel (both home-made), crispy top made of buttered, spiced panko and RENDERED CHICKEN SKIN fried to crispy bits.
Oyster-sauce lacquered pan-seared chicken thighs (start in COLD PAN to render crispy skin, then finish in the oven). Rice.
Cauliflower gratin, with a sauce of cheese and béchamel (both home-made), crispy top made of buttered, spiced panko and RENDERED CHICKEN SKIN fried to crispy bits.
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Recombination!
Here's a store-bought flour tortilla I shallow fried in home-rendered lard, topped with my home-refried beans, taco sauce, scallions, shredded cheese and my twice-cooked crispy pork belly confit, chopped to bits and crisped in lard AGAIN.
Mexican pizza?
Recombination!
Here's a store-bought flour tortilla I shallow fried in home-rendered lard, topped with my home-refried beans, taco sauce, scallions, shredded cheese and my twice-cooked crispy pork belly confit, chopped to bits and crisped in lard AGAIN.
Mexican pizza?
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Recombination!
Here's a store-bought flour tortilla I shallow fried in home-rendered lard, topped with my home-refried beans, taco sauce, scallions, shredded cheese and my twice-cooked crispy pork belly confit, chopped to bits and crisped in lard AGAIN.
Mexican pizza?
Recombination!
Here's a store-bought flour tortilla I shallow fried in home-rendered lard, topped with my home-refried beans, taco sauce, scallions, shredded cheese and my twice-cooked crispy pork belly confit, chopped to bits and crisped in lard AGAIN.
Mexican pizza?
So on this day people--total strangers, mind--come to your home uninvited and TAKE your candy?
I have objections to this holiday. Strenuous objections.
I have objections to this holiday. Strenuous objections.
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So on this day people--total strangers, mind--come to your home uninvited and TAKE your candy?
I have objections to this holiday. Strenuous objections.
I have objections to this holiday. Strenuous objections.
Frightening. Sure it's a big kitty, all "suckling and adorable," but it's also MURDER. Look at those f'n claws.
Still. Worth the risk. *love*
Still. Worth the risk. *love*
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Frightening. Sure it's a big kitty, all "suckling and adorable," but it's also MURDER. Look at those f'n claws.
Still. Worth the risk. *love*
Still. Worth the risk. *love*
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BURRITO FROM SCRATCH project, "dry run" today with some store-bought elements.
First, some beauty shots, then a longer explanation.
(cont.)Burri
BURRITO FROM SCRATCH project, "dry run" today with some store-bought elements.
First, some beauty shots, then a longer explanation.
(cont.)Burri
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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BURRITO FROM SCRATCH project, "dry run" today with some store-bought elements.
First, some beauty shots, then a longer explanation.
(cont.)Burri
BURRITO FROM SCRATCH project, "dry run" today with some store-bought elements.
First, some beauty shots, then a longer explanation.
(cont.)Burri
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Just processed 18+ pounds of pork belly. All the fat I could conceivably remove is now cut into small cubes and is in the big pot slowly being rendered into nice, pure, unseasoned lard.
That lard will confit some cube of pork belly I have seasoning overnight in the fridge.
Yum!
Just processed 18+ pounds of pork belly. All the fat I could conceivably remove is now cut into small cubes and is in the big pot slowly being rendered into nice, pure, unseasoned lard.
That lard will confit some cube of pork belly I have seasoning overnight in the fridge.
Yum!
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Just processed 18+ pounds of pork belly. All the fat I could conceivably remove is now cut into small cubes and is in the big pot slowly being rendered into nice, pure, unseasoned lard.
That lard will confit some cube of pork belly I have seasoning overnight in the fridge.
Yum!
Just processed 18+ pounds of pork belly. All the fat I could conceivably remove is now cut into small cubes and is in the big pot slowly being rendered into nice, pure, unseasoned lard.
That lard will confit some cube of pork belly I have seasoning overnight in the fridge.
Yum!
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EXPERIMENT! Very similar meatballs to yesterday's classic Cantonese soup, but I cooked them like an Italian grandmother would, to golden+brown+delicious in a dry oven; parsley potatoes, rich brown gravy.
Interesting flavors of China in a "meat & taters" context. Darn delicious!
EXPERIMENT! Very similar meatballs to yesterday's classic Cantonese soup, but I cooked them like an Italian grandmother would, to golden+brown+delicious in a dry oven; parsley potatoes, rich brown gravy.
Interesting flavors of China in a "meat & taters" context. Darn delicious!
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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EXPERIMENT! Very similar meatballs to yesterday's classic Cantonese soup, but I cooked them like an Italian grandmother would, to golden+brown+delicious in a dry oven; parsley potatoes, rich brown gravy.
Interesting flavors of China in a "meat & taters" context. Darn delicious!
EXPERIMENT! Very similar meatballs to yesterday's classic Cantonese soup, but I cooked them like an Italian grandmother would, to golden+brown+delicious in a dry oven; parsley potatoes, rich brown gravy.
Interesting flavors of China in a "meat & taters" context. Darn delicious!
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Light classic Cantonese soup: pork meatballs (with pickled mustard greens) in a rich chicken broth with white pepper and big chunks of daikon radish, scallions to garnish.
Sometimes you don't want rice or noodles or bread, you want cleansing, clear, healthy, easy, delicious but nourishing.
Light classic Cantonese soup: pork meatballs (with pickled mustard greens) in a rich chicken broth with white pepper and big chunks of daikon radish, scallions to garnish.
Sometimes you don't want rice or noodles or bread, you want cleansing, clear, healthy, easy, delicious but nourishing.
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Light classic Cantonese soup: pork meatballs (with pickled mustard greens) in a rich chicken broth with white pepper and big chunks of daikon radish, scallions to garnish.
Sometimes you don't want rice or noodles or bread, you want cleansing, clear, healthy, easy, delicious but nourishing.
Light classic Cantonese soup: pork meatballs (with pickled mustard greens) in a rich chicken broth with white pepper and big chunks of daikon radish, scallions to garnish.
Sometimes you don't want rice or noodles or bread, you want cleansing, clear, healthy, easy, delicious but nourishing.
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Tried for an 'art nouveau' flower thing today, and to my shock, it kinda worked!
Pretty. Orchid-like. Lilies? Mandrake!
@cargie.baby tells me it was delicious. :)
Tried for an 'art nouveau' flower thing today, and to my shock, it kinda worked!
Pretty. Orchid-like. Lilies? Mandrake!
@cargie.baby tells me it was delicious. :)
October 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Tried for an 'art nouveau' flower thing today, and to my shock, it kinda worked!
Pretty. Orchid-like. Lilies? Mandrake!
@cargie.baby tells me it was delicious. :)
Tried for an 'art nouveau' flower thing today, and to my shock, it kinda worked!
Pretty. Orchid-like. Lilies? Mandrake!
@cargie.baby tells me it was delicious. :)
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DOUBLE today: dinner and dessert.
First up, Schweinshaxe, "pig shank," the great double-cooked, crispy-skinned roast pork knuckle beloved by Germans everywhere. Here with buttered parsley potatoes and a stupendous gravy made out of vegetables and pan drippings from the pork:
(continued...)
DOUBLE today: dinner and dessert.
First up, Schweinshaxe, "pig shank," the great double-cooked, crispy-skinned roast pork knuckle beloved by Germans everywhere. Here with buttered parsley potatoes and a stupendous gravy made out of vegetables and pan drippings from the pork:
(continued...)
October 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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DOUBLE today: dinner and dessert.
First up, Schweinshaxe, "pig shank," the great double-cooked, crispy-skinned roast pork knuckle beloved by Germans everywhere. Here with buttered parsley potatoes and a stupendous gravy made out of vegetables and pan drippings from the pork:
(continued...)
DOUBLE today: dinner and dessert.
First up, Schweinshaxe, "pig shank," the great double-cooked, crispy-skinned roast pork knuckle beloved by Germans everywhere. Here with buttered parsley potatoes and a stupendous gravy made out of vegetables and pan drippings from the pork:
(continued...)
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Sometimes you just want BISCUITS 'n GRAVY, even if you don't have biscuits. This is a toasted buttered sesame seed bun.
It's saw mill / sausage / milk gravy with bacon and scallion whites, garnished with scallion greens and the crispy bits of bacon.
Details if y'all wantl. For now, YUM!
Sometimes you just want BISCUITS 'n GRAVY, even if you don't have biscuits. This is a toasted buttered sesame seed bun.
It's saw mill / sausage / milk gravy with bacon and scallion whites, garnished with scallion greens and the crispy bits of bacon.
Details if y'all wantl. For now, YUM!
October 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Sometimes you just want BISCUITS 'n GRAVY, even if you don't have biscuits. This is a toasted buttered sesame seed bun.
It's saw mill / sausage / milk gravy with bacon and scallion whites, garnished with scallion greens and the crispy bits of bacon.
Details if y'all wantl. For now, YUM!
Sometimes you just want BISCUITS 'n GRAVY, even if you don't have biscuits. This is a toasted buttered sesame seed bun.
It's saw mill / sausage / milk gravy with bacon and scallion whites, garnished with scallion greens and the crispy bits of bacon.
Details if y'all wantl. For now, YUM!
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Shrimp scampi!
I pre-poached the shrimp in court bullion. Spaghettini is the pasta. COPIOUS garlic, parmesan, butter, fresh thyme and enough parsley to please a horse. Red pepper flakes and lots of fresh cracked black pepper too. Pasta water to emulsify the sauce.
Damn-near perfect.
Shrimp scampi!
I pre-poached the shrimp in court bullion. Spaghettini is the pasta. COPIOUS garlic, parmesan, butter, fresh thyme and enough parsley to please a horse. Red pepper flakes and lots of fresh cracked black pepper too. Pasta water to emulsify the sauce.
Damn-near perfect.
October 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Shrimp scampi!
I pre-poached the shrimp in court bullion. Spaghettini is the pasta. COPIOUS garlic, parmesan, butter, fresh thyme and enough parsley to please a horse. Red pepper flakes and lots of fresh cracked black pepper too. Pasta water to emulsify the sauce.
Damn-near perfect.
Shrimp scampi!
I pre-poached the shrimp in court bullion. Spaghettini is the pasta. COPIOUS garlic, parmesan, butter, fresh thyme and enough parsley to please a horse. Red pepper flakes and lots of fresh cracked black pepper too. Pasta water to emulsify the sauce.
Damn-near perfect.
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I like how today's latte art turned out. Very 'Starry Night'--dramatic tree (or perhaps fern?), windswept storms (or perhaps waves of mist or humid air), a huge moon? (Sun?)
Tasted delicious, too.
I like how today's latte art turned out. Very 'Starry Night'--dramatic tree (or perhaps fern?), windswept storms (or perhaps waves of mist or humid air), a huge moon? (Sun?)
Tasted delicious, too.
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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I like how today's latte art turned out. Very 'Starry Night'--dramatic tree (or perhaps fern?), windswept storms (or perhaps waves of mist or humid air), a huge moon? (Sun?)
Tasted delicious, too.
I like how today's latte art turned out. Very 'Starry Night'--dramatic tree (or perhaps fern?), windswept storms (or perhaps waves of mist or humid air), a huge moon? (Sun?)
Tasted delicious, too.
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Crisp weather reminds me of leafy walks home from school, so I made a junior-high cafeteria classic:
Sloppy Joes from scratch (no cans) are extremely rich, dark in flavor--too intense, so I lightened it with heavy cream and thickened with a beurre manié.
Cheap supermarket bun, of course.
Crisp weather reminds me of leafy walks home from school, so I made a junior-high cafeteria classic:
Sloppy Joes from scratch (no cans) are extremely rich, dark in flavor--too intense, so I lightened it with heavy cream and thickened with a beurre manié.
Cheap supermarket bun, of course.
October 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Crisp weather reminds me of leafy walks home from school, so I made a junior-high cafeteria classic:
Sloppy Joes from scratch (no cans) are extremely rich, dark in flavor--too intense, so I lightened it with heavy cream and thickened with a beurre manié.
Cheap supermarket bun, of course.
Crisp weather reminds me of leafy walks home from school, so I made a junior-high cafeteria classic:
Sloppy Joes from scratch (no cans) are extremely rich, dark in flavor--too intense, so I lightened it with heavy cream and thickened with a beurre manié.
Cheap supermarket bun, of course.
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Not every dish I attempt comes out pretty.
A "gooey butter cake" (yeah, boxed cake, too-sweet cream cheese layer, etc.) I stubbornly made in a pan an inch too large and with metal walls too thin.
Tastes correct, tiny but overdone bottom crust, but lost its integrity coming out of the pan.
Not every dish I attempt comes out pretty.
A "gooey butter cake" (yeah, boxed cake, too-sweet cream cheese layer, etc.) I stubbornly made in a pan an inch too large and with metal walls too thin.
Tastes correct, tiny but overdone bottom crust, but lost its integrity coming out of the pan.
October 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Not every dish I attempt comes out pretty.
A "gooey butter cake" (yeah, boxed cake, too-sweet cream cheese layer, etc.) I stubbornly made in a pan an inch too large and with metal walls too thin.
Tastes correct, tiny but overdone bottom crust, but lost its integrity coming out of the pan.
Not every dish I attempt comes out pretty.
A "gooey butter cake" (yeah, boxed cake, too-sweet cream cheese layer, etc.) I stubbornly made in a pan an inch too large and with metal walls too thin.
Tastes correct, tiny but overdone bottom crust, but lost its integrity coming out of the pan.
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Creamy chicken "pot pie" buckle.
Improvise a filling (mirepoix in bacon fat, white wine, fresh herbs, Slap Yo Mama, blond roux, home-made chicken demi, rotisserie dark meat, cream) and reduce.
Transfer to a brazier and top with from-scratch biscuit dough.
Bake to bubbly & golden. Ahhhh.
Creamy chicken "pot pie" buckle.
Improvise a filling (mirepoix in bacon fat, white wine, fresh herbs, Slap Yo Mama, blond roux, home-made chicken demi, rotisserie dark meat, cream) and reduce.
Transfer to a brazier and top with from-scratch biscuit dough.
Bake to bubbly & golden. Ahhhh.
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Creamy chicken "pot pie" buckle.
Improvise a filling (mirepoix in bacon fat, white wine, fresh herbs, Slap Yo Mama, blond roux, home-made chicken demi, rotisserie dark meat, cream) and reduce.
Transfer to a brazier and top with from-scratch biscuit dough.
Bake to bubbly & golden. Ahhhh.
Creamy chicken "pot pie" buckle.
Improvise a filling (mirepoix in bacon fat, white wine, fresh herbs, Slap Yo Mama, blond roux, home-made chicken demi, rotisserie dark meat, cream) and reduce.
Transfer to a brazier and top with from-scratch biscuit dough.
Bake to bubbly & golden. Ahhhh.
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Home-made peanut butter white chocolate no-bake haystack cookies with flakey sea salt (Malden).
I pre-toasted the rolled oats and added in shaved flakes of almond, also pre-toasted.
Good thing I did all that toasting, these needed the complexity.
Yum!!
Home-made peanut butter white chocolate no-bake haystack cookies with flakey sea salt (Malden).
I pre-toasted the rolled oats and added in shaved flakes of almond, also pre-toasted.
Good thing I did all that toasting, these needed the complexity.
Yum!!
September 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Home-made peanut butter white chocolate no-bake haystack cookies with flakey sea salt (Malden).
I pre-toasted the rolled oats and added in shaved flakes of almond, also pre-toasted.
Good thing I did all that toasting, these needed the complexity.
Yum!!
Home-made peanut butter white chocolate no-bake haystack cookies with flakey sea salt (Malden).
I pre-toasted the rolled oats and added in shaved flakes of almond, also pre-toasted.
Good thing I did all that toasting, these needed the complexity.
Yum!!
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Soy sauce scallion noodles: the "poor person's feast" which kept East Asia alive through tough times.
Hot wok. Tablespoon of lard, blacken some scallions. Soy and oyster sauces. Boiled noodles (I had soba ). Stir-fry fast and hot, top with more scallions.
Luxury: sesame oil and seeds, MSG.
Soy sauce scallion noodles: the "poor person's feast" which kept East Asia alive through tough times.
Hot wok. Tablespoon of lard, blacken some scallions. Soy and oyster sauces. Boiled noodles (I had soba ). Stir-fry fast and hot, top with more scallions.
Luxury: sesame oil and seeds, MSG.
September 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Soy sauce scallion noodles: the "poor person's feast" which kept East Asia alive through tough times.
Hot wok. Tablespoon of lard, blacken some scallions. Soy and oyster sauces. Boiled noodles (I had soba ). Stir-fry fast and hot, top with more scallions.
Luxury: sesame oil and seeds, MSG.
Soy sauce scallion noodles: the "poor person's feast" which kept East Asia alive through tough times.
Hot wok. Tablespoon of lard, blacken some scallions. Soy and oyster sauces. Boiled noodles (I had soba ). Stir-fry fast and hot, top with more scallions.
Luxury: sesame oil and seeds, MSG.
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Fresh tomato soup! Two anchovies sweat in olive oil, butter and COPIOUS garlic.
Reduced some red wine to a syrup for acid and body. Simmered the tomatoes in the oil, removed all seeds/skins.
Dollops of fresh thyme-infused reduced heavy cream and goat cheese garlic sourdough toast garnish.
Fresh tomato soup! Two anchovies sweat in olive oil, butter and COPIOUS garlic.
Reduced some red wine to a syrup for acid and body. Simmered the tomatoes in the oil, removed all seeds/skins.
Dollops of fresh thyme-infused reduced heavy cream and goat cheese garlic sourdough toast garnish.
September 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Fresh tomato soup! Two anchovies sweat in olive oil, butter and COPIOUS garlic.
Reduced some red wine to a syrup for acid and body. Simmered the tomatoes in the oil, removed all seeds/skins.
Dollops of fresh thyme-infused reduced heavy cream and goat cheese garlic sourdough toast garnish.
Fresh tomato soup! Two anchovies sweat in olive oil, butter and COPIOUS garlic.
Reduced some red wine to a syrup for acid and body. Simmered the tomatoes in the oil, removed all seeds/skins.
Dollops of fresh thyme-infused reduced heavy cream and goat cheese garlic sourdough toast garnish.
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Beans!
Great Northern beans, pork hock, turkey thighs (neither smoked, had to add liquid smoke), bacon, lots of aromatic veggies, home-made pork stock, red wine reduction, many secret spices and herbs, scallions.
Delicious! Autumnal, hearty, savory. Makes a great soup when diluted!
Beans!
Great Northern beans, pork hock, turkey thighs (neither smoked, had to add liquid smoke), bacon, lots of aromatic veggies, home-made pork stock, red wine reduction, many secret spices and herbs, scallions.
Delicious! Autumnal, hearty, savory. Makes a great soup when diluted!
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Beans!
Great Northern beans, pork hock, turkey thighs (neither smoked, had to add liquid smoke), bacon, lots of aromatic veggies, home-made pork stock, red wine reduction, many secret spices and herbs, scallions.
Delicious! Autumnal, hearty, savory. Makes a great soup when diluted!
Beans!
Great Northern beans, pork hock, turkey thighs (neither smoked, had to add liquid smoke), bacon, lots of aromatic veggies, home-made pork stock, red wine reduction, many secret spices and herbs, scallions.
Delicious! Autumnal, hearty, savory. Makes a great soup when diluted!