by perfectlittlebites | Aug 23, 2014 | Alcohol, Assorted, Cocktail, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Gardening, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, Thai
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....
by perfectlittlebites | Aug 10, 2014 | Alcohol, Assorted, Beverage, Cocktail, Dessert, Food, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
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...
by perfectlittlebites | Aug 9, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Gardening, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
Right now, there are a few items on my menu that use fennel bulbs. To get the amount we need, we have a ridiculous abundance of the fronds and stalks. The past few weeks have been full of fennel experiments. My favorite use for the stalks is to make a stock with them...
by perfectlittlebites | Aug 1, 2014 | Assorted, Cooking, fish, Food, Gardening, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, seafood
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...
by perfectlittlebites | Jul 30, 2014 | Assorted, Cooking, Food, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant
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...
by perfectlittlebites | Jul 27, 2014 | Assorted, Cooking, Food, Gardening, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant
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...
