Dry Aging Beef At Home
Over the last few years I’ve had the chance to sample dry aged beef at some excellent steak houses. Dry aging is done to beef only: primal cuts are kept for several weeks so they lose moisture and natural enzymes…
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Double Bacon Cheeseburger
One look and you know what I’m talking about: two patties, smoked pork loin, aged cheddar, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, mayonnaise. A culmination of all my burger wants barely fitting between two toasted buns.
Zucchini Fritters
My wife and daughter have been carefully tending our first vegetable garden and we have a small harvest: zucchinis. I wasn’t sure what to do with them but spotted a post about zucchini fritters on Michael Ruhlman’s website. It was…
Steam: the key to great pastrami
After rummaging around the freezer for something to eat for lunch I came across the turkey pastrami I made last summer when I bought all those whole turkeys on sale. Last time around I had warmed them in a pan…
Grind your own Sea Salt
I enjoy all types of sea salt and use it every day. Until last week I would buy fine sea salt and coarse sea salt for various applications. I like fine sea salt for pasta water and quick seasoning and coarse…
Eye Of Round Pastrami
I love pastrami, corned beef and smoked meat. I’ve tracked them down in New York and Montreal to savor at every deli. I’ve made corned beef and pastrami based on Michael Ruhlman’s recipes in Charcuterie and enjoyed them thoroughly but…
Proper Spaghetti Carbonara
The latest issue of Saveur covers great Roman dishes including my favourite Spaghetti alla Carbonara. It’s very straightforward with a few ingredients most of us have on hand, if you substitute bacon for guanciale. What sets this issue apart is…
Middle of the road dining
We don’t eat out a lot, but when we do with our little children we mostly get something along the lines of fast food; a burger or sandwich. Now that they’re getting a little older and can sit for an…
Organizing your bulk goods
I buy all my spices whole and in bulk or loose form from a few stores in my area including The Bulk Barn and Fortinos. I also like to get my dry goods in the same format in manageable quantities. …