Biscuit bombs are North Carolina’s answer to the Texan sausage and cheese kolache ( Kolaches ). I heard about them when Nick and Anna got a kit to make them from “Farmer and the Dail”, a restaurant in Snow Hill, NC (an unlikely name for a town in eastern NC where it very seldom snows!) Read More …
Enfrijoladas are a culinary cousin to enchiladas, in which the sauce for the tortillas is based on beans rather than on vegetables. This version is adapted from a recipe on www.weareneverfull.com, which was in turn adapted from Rick Bayless. I made two primary changes. First, since I had a lot of leftover refried beans, I Read More …
A muffaletta is a famous sandwich from New Orleans which was invented by the Central Market, an Italian grocery store near Jackson Square, in 1906. I have enjoyed a muffaletta at Central Market, and from other places, such as Jason’s Deli, which although a chain, started near Louisiana in Beaumont, TX. The bread for muffaletta Read More …
A muffaletta is a famous sandwich from New Orleans which was invented by the Central Market, an Italian grocery store near Jackson Square, in 1906. I have enjoyed a muffaletta at Central Market, and from other places, such as Jason’s Deli, which although a chain, started near Louisiana in Beaumont, TX. The bread for muffaletta Read More …
On the top of the photo, sliced duck prosciutto and on the bottom a cured whole duck breast. Some years ago Nick and Anna gave me a Richmond cookbook which included a recipe for making prosciutto from duck breasts from the C&M Galley Kitchen. This is how I used 4 duck breasts from the 2 Read More …
I have made a couple of times Chicken Leg Cassoulet, adapting the traditional cassoulet to American life, in which chicken and olive oil are readily available, and duck legs and duck fat are not. I recently bought and cut up two ducks, and turned the legs into Sous-Vide Duck Leg Confit, and I also now Read More …
As discussed in a number of posts, I bought and cut apart two ducks, using them very completely, like a peasant would, wasting almost nothing. The 4 legs were turned into confit, which was very easy to do. The confit in turn was used as the key ingredient for a cassoulet. This is an adaptation Read More …
I was looking for a suitable dessert to cook in a Dutch oven in a virtual campout in my backyard, and spotted a pecan pie cobbler recipe in Southern Living. It turned out very well. This will make 6-8 servings. At home, this would be made in a 9-10 inch cast iron skillet in a Read More …
I read an article on the internet extolling the virtues of Marcella Hazan, the Italian cookbook author, and the article mentioned in passing how great Athony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook is. That inspired me to buy a copy, and this is the first dish I have made from it. So far, so good. What I Read More …
This is how I used up the stock and odds and ends of duck meat after I separated out the breasts for duck prosciutto and the legs for confit. I was following a recipe from The Essential Pepin for Duck and Bean Casserole except that I had more stock to use up so the final Read More …