I forgot to grab the chicken thighs at the store the other day so we had to sacrifice the thick cut pork chops that we supposed to be grilled on Wednesday when we would have a bit more time. Flavors were right but pork is just not my favorite protein for a curry. Our curry …
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Meatloaf and mashed potatoes: Wife’s birthday meal
It was my wife’s birthday today and everyone gets to choose when it’s their birthday in our house. She made it easy and decided on meatloaf and mash potatoes. We tried a new meatloaf recipe since I have been watching way too many Italian cooking shows recently and tried to tie in some of the …
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Sunday morning experiment: Homemade hotdogs
Woke up this morning and thought it might be a good idea to try my hand at making some homemade hotdogs. I don’t know why but why not. My thought was to make a beef and pork mixed hotdog and try to construct them without using a casing. Steam them first and then when time …
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Herbie goes too Hollywood pork tenderloin with orecchiette, pancheta, and peas
The name of this dish stems from the fact that I kind of ever did it with the herbs on the pork tenderloin and my wife described it as Herbie goes too Hollywood which led to a whole discussion of the merits of talking VW bugs. Needless to say the pork tenderloin needs some work …
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My favorite dish: Bao Char Siu
For the past year, I have been trying a figure out how to imitate David Chang’s Bao Char Siu recipe with my own twist. Now that the holiday season is over, no more long stews and back to figuring out how to make good food in short time. After cleaning up from the rabbit stew, …
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