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Well I’ve done sauce with pork and sauce with sausage.  Ground beef, veal, pancetta, prosciutto, and meatballs.  Now it’s time for beef: it’s what’s for dinner. (Can you believe they replaced Sam Elliott with Matthew McConaughey in the beef council commercials?  Do you believe Matthew McConaughey ever eats, like, a burger?  I believe Sam Elliot… Continue reading Rustic Tomato Sauce with Beef Short Ribs

Sorry (again) for the long absence.  My ego was struck down hard by my third (third!) rejection from a blogging network.  I’ve decided I don’t need fame and fortune.  I just need you guys, my kitchen, and a few drinks to tide me over.  Right?  RIGHT?  I also made a complicated meal and carefully photographed… Continue reading White Sangria

So it dawned on me the other day that my last recipe for ramen pasta salad was completely vegetarian – it could have even been vegan if I was more selective in soy sauce brands.  Vegan!  This will never do.  I head straight to the butcher shop. Nom nom nom. Today’s project is a classic… Continue reading Back to the Butcher: Ragu alla Bolognese

Guys, I’m pretty excited about this one.  I had a moment of divine inspiration yesterday and just couldn’t wait to get to the grocery and start cooking.  The genius was burning, as they say in Little Women.  I’ve been stewing over an idea for a pasta salad made with Ramen noodles for awhile, and I… Continue reading Ramen Pasta Salad with Carrot Ginger Dressing:

End of Lent Bread: Happy Easter readers!  Sorry for my long absence, but – work.  Now that April 15th is past, I can get back to cooking.  And now you have a clue (an Easter egg, if you will) as to what sort of work I do. Today’s project is bread – for a handful… Continue reading End-of-Lent Bread

Taking a well-deserved cheese break, I decide to cook something cheesy.  Falling back on my co-worker’s advice to make “something with meat and cheese”, I turn my attention to calzones – pizza’s red headed stepbrother.  Also, for some reason the Parks & Recreation episode where Ben wanted to open a health-conscious sports bar called “The… Continue reading I Don’t Know How To Make Calzones:

Forgive the long absence – it’s busy-busy time at work, and I had to replace my sick computer, which involved a whole weekend of backing up and transferring, then trying to figure out the enigma known as Windows 8.  So.  The reconstituted goat cheese was a failure.  Bowed and humbled, I’m going back to basics… Continue reading Goat Cheese – Take Two: Stop The Madness!

“Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.” – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein “Uck!…Horrible!” – my husband. So yeeaaahh.  My cheese.  When we left off last week, I had two pots brewing: One made with evaporated goat milk, and one… Continue reading Cheese Fail: A Question Answered

“Can you make goat cheese with evaporated goat milk?” “Can  you make goat cheese with powdered goat milk?” “Can you make chevre with evaporated goat milk?” “Can you make chevre with powdered goat milk?” Guys, Google has failed me.  These are only a few of the hundred things I typed into the search bar trying… Continue reading The Goat Cheese Laboratory: