I’m no good at brevity. I don’t like concise recipe names at the expense of information. I always feel like restaurant menus are hiding something from me when the name itself isn’t descriptive and there isn’t additional information. Even when it’s not something like “Tuna Surprise” or “House Chicken”conjuring up images of congealed grease sitting [...]
Filed in Sweets
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Also tagged black pepper, brownie, cayenne, chocolate, cookie dough, ice cream, raspberry, sauce, Shiraz, vanilla, Zinfandel
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Our thirst was quenched by red wine and accompanied by a feast that went from under the turf to swimming in the surf: garlic mashed potatoes (root vegetables), caramelized green beans with candied almonds (grown in the turf), grilled ribeyes (grazing on their pastures), and butterfly bayou shrimp (feeding at the bottom of the water) [...]
Filed in Appetizers/Side Dishes, Dinner, Meals, Tips & Tricks
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Also tagged almonds, barbeque, brown sugar, Cajun, cayenne, cheese, chili flakes, crushed red pepper, defrosting, garlic, green beans, lemon, mashed potatoes, ribeye, shrimp, steak
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
So, at about the 3 hour point of cooking this roast, I had given up on it. It didn’t feel right in the oven, it looked and seemed dry, and after a bit of Googling I discovered what I had done wrong (more on that later). I was a bit dejected. Even though the grand [...]
Filed in Dinner, Meals
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Also tagged broth, carrots, cumin, garlic, huge mistake, onions, pot roast, potatoes, roast, rosemary, thyme
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Though the title of this post is the lazy cook, it only refers to the amount of cooking that I did… I was far from lazy this weekend. Each day, from Thursday all the way through Sunday has been jam-packed with food, family, friends, and some productivity in between (don’t worry, there won’t be pictures [...]
Filed in Alcoholic, Appetizers/Side Dishes, Beverages, Dinner, Lunch
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Also tagged bacon, beer, chowder, clam, clam chowder, confit, fish, goat cheese, grapes, mussels, oysters, salami, tuna
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