Yesterday my daughter Amanda suggested that we make yogurt since she has been eating a lot of it. I found a recipe in the NY Times Cooking App and read the comments on the recipe. This turns out to be a very easy food to make, which should not be a surprise since in Read More …
This is another way of using the dough from Joe & Misses Doe Lavash (Link to post) which I prefer to the original. You can see it in the picture at the bottom of the post for Mititei (Romanian grilled sausages (link to post) and I also served it last night with shish-kebabs. A real Read More …
Pulled pork is THE classic Southern barbeque. This batch of pulled pork was made from an 11.5 lb. fresh picnic ham and was served to general appreciation at an early 4th of July dinner party. I used some ideas from Jeff Phillips’ book Smoking Meat. Pork ¼ cup yellow mustard ½ cup spice rub Read More …
I was recently in Houston and spotted a bottle of peppermint oil at a supermarket, and decided to make a batch of peppermint patties, which I had not done for many years. It is essential that peppermint oil (which is very strong) be used rather than peppermint extract. The easiest place to find peppermint Read More …
This simple but extremely tasty recipe is an adaptation from a camping recipe in Wikibooks. Use whatever kind of grits you happen to have. I had a container of Quaker Quick 5 minute grits, which is why I used them in this recipe. Slower cooking artisanal grits would be even better. This makes 4 Read More …