If you’ve never heard of kolaches (pronounced koh-LAH-cheez), then it’s time you got the good news! Kolaches are simple, delicious pastries that originally hail from the area of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but have made their way in America as a staple of Texas donut shops, bakeries, and even country convenience stores. Kolache pull…
If I were to tell you that this blog entry’s recipe would be for a bacon-wrapped pork meatloaf that also has bacon mixed into it and is seasoned with a splash of booze, would you be excited? Good! Because French pâté de campagne is exactly what we’re talking about! Pâté de campagne pull temp: 155°F…
When the Bumpus hounds destroyed the Parker family’s Christmas turkey in A Christmas Story, the family did the only sensible thing they could: they went out for Chinese food. The relationship between Christmas dinner and Chinese food goes back much further than the 1950’s, and it has become, in its own way, a staple of…
When I first heard that marshmallows could be made at home, I was incredulous. How on earth could a home cook create a puffy, cloudy confection like the marshmallow? Surely it required specialized, magical industrial machinery operated by gnomes or elves or some other sugar-loving sprites. But then I saw some for sale in a…
There’s nothing quite so classically ‘winter’ as a roast duck or roast goose. Whether it’s for a holiday dinner or for a cozy Sunday at home, the deep flavor and luxurious, almost beefy texture of a duck hit the spot in these cold, dark months. Plus, duck and goose both boast copious amounts of warm-flavored…
Let us imagine for a moment a perfect sandwich. Perhaps it is loaded up with thinly sliced, perfectly cooked roast beef, shocked with pungent horseradish. Maybe it’s piled high with smoky ham, warm under melted swiss, or cold with crisp lettuce and a slab of ripe garden tomato—smeared with grainy mustard, either way. Or maybe,…