Corn on the Cob Bourbon, Corn Husk Syrup & The Street Corn Sour
Corn on the Cob Bourbon, Corn Husk Syrup & The Street Corn Sour If you've been reading my blog for a while, you might have seen my original post on Corn on the Cob Bourbon, ISI Infusions and Fat Washing from 2012. This summer, I started talking with Jed Portman...
What Am I, Chopped Liver?
Always the bridesmaid, chopped liver is an under appreciated dish. I'm not Jewish, and didn't grow up eating it, yet it's something I crave deeply. A decade ago I spent a few years running a couple of kosher kitchens. Unfamiliar to me at the time, it's something that...
Peanut & Pickled Jalapeño Hummus
A recipe for boiled peanut & pickled jalapeño hummus
Roasted Corn Husk Ice Cream
If you’ve been following along, you know that I’ve been on a roasted corn husk kick lately. Admittedly, it started a few years ago after seeing everything Alex Talbot was doing over at Ideas in Food. To me, this ice cream has a caramel corn or popcorn taste to it. I...
Bitter in Chiang Mai
I really love the Amère Sauvage that I recently picked up. As of late, it's been my bittering agent of choice, though not an economical one. This week I also picked up a bottled of Som Pineapple Drinking Vinegar, a product of Andy Ricker's Pok Pok empire. The...
Test Flight- A Lighter Aviation
In general, my cocktail preferences lean towards all alcohol drinks like a Manhattan or a Negroni. My wife, on the other hand, thinks many of my amaro-heavy drinks "taste like cough syrup or poison". Subsequently, I modify a lot of cocktails for her. I recently picked...
Fennel Fronds- Two Birds, One Stone
This is a chimichurri recipe using fennel fronds. Fennel fronds are often found in excess. This is a great way to use fennel fronds.
Maryland Blue Catfish
I want to share my love for Maryland Blue Catfish. It's an invasive fish, and more people should be cooking and eating it. A lot of people think of catfish as having a dirty, "muddy" taste, but I've never found this to be the case with this type of catfish. As someone...
A Day on the Bay
Yesterday I had the opportunity to head out onto the Chesapeake Bay on a chefs' trip, led by Steve Vilnit. Steve is the Director of Fisheries Marketing at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and is doing a lot to help educate both chefs, and the public, on...
Prime Rib Problems
I like ribeye steaks. They have a lot of fat and a lot of flavor, and cooking individual steaks means that there’s a higher ratio of well-seasoned, nicely browned meat. But sometimes I want a nice slice of prime rib. It’s one of those things that people think of as...