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...
by perfectlittlebites | Jul 25, 2014 | Assorted, BBQ, Cooking, Food, Gardening, health, MasterChef, Nutrition, Photography, pork, Recipe, restaurant
This week Certified Master Chef Richard Rosendale was in Baltimore doing a 2 day sous vide workshop at Stratford University. If you’re not familiar with chef Rosendale, he has been the executive chef of The Greenbrier, was the lead chef for the United States in the...
