We went simple again for the rest of the crab we got from Siren. We already had baguette toasts made, so we did these as mini-sandwiches instead of big ones. It’s very easy – a minimal salad made of crab, peppers, fennel fronds and oil shows off the fresh, clean tasting crab. I love the [...]
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This was one of the recipes I rejected for Cheryl‘s book signing. Not because it sounded bad or is complicated to make – but she probably would have thought I was an overzealous weirdo for making so much food. I finally got to make it, though – Emma and Scott were over for a Friday [...]
We’re big fans of the hard-boiled egg in this house. I mostly eat them over the sink, with liberal doses of Kosher salt. Larry gets more creative and will incorporate them into a meal somehow. He’s been obsessed with the beet-pickled deviled eggs we had at Grüner when we were in Portland a few months [...]
I’ve been keeping a list of things I want to use with my Smoking Gun, and at the top of that list is eggs. I had this idea that smoked deviled eggs would be a good idea. I decided to smoke just the yolks, using cherrywood chips. In hindsight, I think applewood would have been [...]
The second half-pound of squid we got from our Siren SeaSA delivery was used to make fried calamari (with a twist). We cooked up a batch and just munched on it – it would make a nice appetizer. The squid is again cut into rings (tentacles in half), and then coated in egg and then [...]
We had a somewhat spur-of-the-moment company night with our friends Chris and Julie. It’s something we don’t do enough lately (have people over for dinner). It seems as if dinner parties always works out better for me if they’re not over-planned, so I’m forced to just make things that are reliable and delicious, rather than [...]
I kept some of my chickpeas out of the hummus so I could experiment with other ways to use them. This dish is simple, using regular, hot and smoked paprikas along with olive oil as a coating for the beans. They’re roasted plain a bit first, then the spicy flavoring is added and they’re roasted [...]
We love hummus around here, it’s such an easy, quick, appetizer or snack. It’s great with pita chips, of course, but it’s versatile enough to go with fresh vegetables or spread onto a wrap or sandwich. I’ve always got canned chickpeas and tahini on hand, so all it takes is a whirl in the food [...]
Katie and I spent the day making yummy treats for her husband’s surprise party tomorrow. Everything was really good. – The Creamed Corn mixture is super tasty and easy to make. We omitted the prosciutto and just used toasted bread. – We used ground turkey for the meatballs. They could have been a bit smaller [...]
Larry, his dad and Jay were here for Thanksgiving dinner. I skipped out on the herbed dinner rolls that I made last year, because I wasn’t up to making them (although they’re very easy). I decided to make this soup after Amy told me she was making it. I was more convinced that I should [...]
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