by perfectlittlebites | Feb 7, 2015 | Assorted, Beef, Charcuterie, creativity, culinary, health, Nutrition, Photography, restaurant
Everyone knows the rib cap is the most delicious cut of meat, right? Serious Eats even says so. Last week we were breaking down a large amount of ribeye and wanted to work on a roulade. We took the cap off and trimmed it up. It was salted and left uncovered on a rack...
by perfectlittlebites | Jan 27, 2015 | Cheese, cook, Cooking, creativity, culinary, Food, health, Nutrition, Photography, restaurant, vegetarian
Look at what what you’re doing. Connect the dots. It may lead to something more delicious. If you like what you see, please consider hiring me for an in-home dinner or cooking lesson. I run a personal chef business based out of Frederick, MD. Get more...
by perfectlittlebites | Jan 25, 2015 | Assorted, Beef, chef, Cooking, creativity, culinary, Food, hotchicken, nashville, Photography, restaurant, Spicy
This is a combination of recipes and ideas. Taking bits and pieces of things I’ve seen, I made what might be my new favorite dish. The Hot Prime Rib is what happens when you give country fried steak the Nashville hot chicken treatment. As with many recipes,...
by perfectlittlebites | Jan 11, 2015 | Assorted, Chinese, cook, Cooking, creativity, culinary, Food, health, Nutrition, Photography, Recipe, restaurant, vegetarian
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...
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...