How-To (DIY stuff)
How to Make Paprika at Home
Why bother making homemade paprika? Fair question. After all, the Spanish and Hungarians are better at it than we ever…
How-To (DIY stuff)
Why bother making homemade paprika? Fair question. After all, the Spanish and Hungarians are better at it than we ever…
Wild Game
I have been making a lot of sausages lately, and as each batch will typically give me some new insight into…
Charcuterie
Can you eat roosters? Yes, you can eat roosters. Here is a story about a strange gift, an unusual challenge,…
Recipe
This dish is my little way of protesting an opinion piece that appeared in the New York Times recently suggesting…
Recipe
Cardoons are slowly becoming more common in markets here in the United States, which is great. Because I’ve been growing…
Recipe
I’ve always loved corned beef and its cousin pastrami, especially in Reuben sandwiches. As a child I always wondered how in…
Charcuterie
If you want a blood sausage recipe that’s approachable, this is the one. It is a Portuguese blood sausage that…
Recipe
This is a dish called Winter into Spring, something to make with rabbit, pheasant or turkey while the weather is still changeable.
Recipe
I’m not entirely sure why, but I have been thinking about my Ethiopian roots lately. No, not my genetic roots.…
Ducks and Geese
Yes, of course I watched the Super Bowl! Haven’t missed one since the mid-1970s, and I must say that this…
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
I do a lot of comfort food with big, flavorful, stew-y things loaded with tomatoes and herbs and some sort of…
Ducks and Geese
Duck rillette. If you know what this is, you definitely know your food. If you don’t, think of it as…