As someone who thoroughly enjoys both the process and the eating of good homemade pizza, I don't want to be on my deathbed thinking... "ya know, I really should have gotten that pizza oven". That said, my relatively entry level Roccbox is just about perfect. The new Arc looks nice but I find the...
Yeah, 50's with high winds is not all that bad, just when you get used to 75+ it kind of sucks . BTW I came here 17 years ago from New Jersey so I know about winter weather.
A relatively (for south Florida) cold and blustery day deserves a hearty stew... here's a lamb stew with potatoes and pearl onions. Lots left over for a few more days and even more in the freezer for future leftovers.
A few pics from the family Christmas gathering... the 2 prime rib roasts (6lb and 4.5lb) done low and slow reverse sear. Cooked faster than I would have thought and the slices were a very consistent degree of doneness.
I was thinking about the upcoming holidays, reminiscing from when I was a kid, going to my grandparents and aunt's house in Bellerose, Queens, NY for the family Christmas feast. One of my favorite foods there was the Jewish Corn Rye Bread they always had in their house. There's no actual "corn"...
I made a nice little appetizer yesterday before the big Thanksgiving meal... toasted baguette slices with fresh mozzarella, basil and blistered grape tomatoes de-glazed with balsamic vinegar.
Even though I'm 100% Polish, living in south Florida means there is a lot of Cuban influence in the cuisine here. This is a grilled Mohito marinated mahi mahi (dark rum, mint, shallots, olive oil, sugar, lime juice). Black beans and rice as a side and a medley of grilled veggies rounded out a...
Had another pizza fest last night... Margherita, sausage and Cremini mushrooms, grilled zucchini and Cremini mushrooms with pesto sauce, and Cremini mushrooms, caramelized onions and Provalone cheese with a reduced cream sauce (my fav).
We invited my step son and his fiance over for dinner a week before their wedding. I had decided on making meatballs so I went on a bit of a meatball marathon... 60 meatballs later (with 40 in the freezer) they were simmering in the sauce. With a bottle of Montepulciano D'abruzzo, it made for a...
How now brown… bird? My wife brought home a small organic chicken for dinner. Roasted it up our usual high heat way (500 F deg) on the grill rotisserie. Even though I'm 100% Polish, arroz con pollo is a universal comfort food.
Tale of two cities.. (Tale of two sauces). My wife has high cholesterol (moderate) so we sometimes need to have separate dinners. We had a couple of packages of store bought fresh tortellini so i made two sauces for each of us. She got blistered grape tomatoes with balsamic vinegar, garlic and...
With a forecast of on and off thunderstorms all weekend, I decided it would be a good time to bake some more bread. I went with the recipe for ciabatta I made in Feb after trying a different recipe that was not as good. Don't know if I miss measured the ingredient weights, but the dough was...