by perfectlittlebites | Jan 14, 2015 | Assorted, Baking, Cheese, chef, cook, Cooking, creativity, culinary, Food, Gardening, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, vegetarian
A few weeks ago, I posed the question “Are loaded croutons a thing?”. I have already declared my love for croutons, and use The Crouton Test to assess a cook’s attention to detail. If I don’t want to eat handfuls of croutons by themselves, then...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 27, 2014 | Assorted, autumn, Baking, BBQ, Charcuterie, chef, Cooking, creativity, culinary, Food, Gardening, health, philosophy, Recipe, vegetarian
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...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 17, 2014 | Alcohol, Baking, beer, Charcuterie, Cooking, Dessert, Food, meat, Photography, pork, starchefs, washingtondc
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...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 12, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, chef, creativity, culinary, Dessert, Food, Photography, ramen, rice, vegetarian
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...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 2, 2014 | Assorted, Baking, cook, Cooking, culinary, Dessert, Food, Ice cream, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
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...
by perfectlittlebites | Dec 1, 2014 | Baking, Cooking, culinary, Dessert, Food, fruit, Jewish, Photography, restaurant, sweet, vegetarian
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...
