Chinese Cabbage-Cured Egg Yolks
I’ve wanted to try this for a while, but hadn’t gotten around to it until now. I’ve posted a lot about the fantastic umami powders from RC Fine Foods, and thought they would work well in different cures. Cured egg yolks seemed like a natural place to start. This...
Pastrami-ish Brussels Sprouts
Wash brussels sprouts and cut in half. Toss in rendered bacon fat and pastrami spice. Hot smoke over Apple wood. Finish in a 350 degree oven. Remove and toss with dark amber maple syrup or hickory syrup, if available. Salt as needed. If you like what you see, please...
StarChefs DC Area Rising Stars Gala 2014
I had the pleasure of attending last night's StarChefs Rising Stars Gala recognizing some of the best chefs and artisans in the Washington DC area. If you weren't there, you really missed out. Thank you to Antoinette, Will and the StarChefs team for putting together...
Coconut & Black Cardamom Bulgur Pudding
I have been working on a coconut bulgur pudding for longer than I'd like to admit. I wanted something similar to a rice pudding, but I liked the idea of having a little nuttiness and chew to it, so I focused my attention on bulgur. I did a post on this recipe back in...
The Espresso Sour (Measure Twice, Cut Once)
The holidays are crazy. I feel like my brain is getting fried. I need to be more conscious of what I'm doing. Last week, I really wanted to try a coffee & tonic. I've been reading about it, and thought it was time to try one. I had just picked up some Bittermilk...
Banana Cream Pie Semifreddo
Banana Cream Pie Semifreddo with Malted Gingersnap Crumble, Maple/Bulleit Bananas & Boozy Cherries Sometimes you make a banana cream pie, and it's delicious. Other times, it doesn't work out. I'm not sure what happened because one of my cooks made it, but it...
Noodle Kugel with Pineapple
It's been a while since I had noodle kugel, and decided I'd make a small one. I was first exposed to it through a Jewish roommate in college, and he shared his grandmother's recipe with me. What I failed to notice until today was that like many grandmother's recipes,...
Two Minute Blood Orange Ale Caramel Sauce
Sometimes it's as easy as looking at the leftovers in your fridge. I had some dulce de leche from making pie, and an open bottle of blood orange ale from making beer cocktails. It was that easy. Knowing that I had a carton of vanilla ice cream/orange sherbet helped....
Pumpkin Pie (from a trio of recipes)
My favorite pumpkin pie cobbles together recipes from Saveur, Ideas in Food and Serious Eats.
Creamed Southern Greens
People love creamed spinach. Not me or my cooks, but people in general. I love southern-style greens. They have so much more going on than baby spinach. And from a food cost standpoint, it's a no-brainer. So this is where the two worlds collide. We made creamed...