Food

Tacodeli

December 8, 2011 | Austin, TX

Tacodeli in Austin, TX

We had such a short time in Austin, but since the town is such a foodie paradise we knew we had to squeeze in one restaurant. Darren began searching for tacos and came up with Tacodeli. We hit the place up on our way out of town and were glad we did. We both had [...]

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Charcutepalooza Fail

May 15, 2011 |

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Currently my freezer holds a frozen filet of salmon, an Ossabow pork tenderloin, and a grass-fed lamb shoulder all purchased for Charcutepalooza challenges.  I also had a pork roast for grinding into sausage, but that was turned into a Sunday dinner.  I am sure that you did not click through to my blog because you [...]

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Charcutepalooza March: Brining

March 15, 2011 |

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Last month’s bacon makin’ felt so rushed I vowed that March would be different. I would prepare homemade sides, maybe even try making pastrami, you know take my time and really make something epic. I ordered my brisket locally first thing. I really did. Then nothing went according to plan. It is now 10:30PM on [...]

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Chowder Ted’s

March 12, 2011 | Jacksonville, FL

Before Darren picked up his credentials for the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, we stopped in at Chowder Ted’s for lunch. It was 1:30PM and every table was full. Since we were in the RV we ordered our chowder, clam strips and blackened crab cakes to go. After ordering a couple of Brooklyn Browns to drink [...]

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Charcutepalooza February: Bacon

February 15, 2011 |

Frying homemade bacon on Tampa Bay

Well this month’s challenge certainly did not manifest itself as planned. February’s project was all about the salt cure. We could make either bacon, or the slightly more complicated pancetta. Earlier in the month I had the opportunity to procure some Ossabaw pork belly and as I read the challenge it was already in my [...]

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Charcutepoolza January: Duck Prosciutto

January 11, 2011 |

Duck Prosciutto

You may have noticed the new banner on the sidebar of my home page. I have signed up to take part in Charcutepoolza, an online gathering of charcuteriers and would-be charcuteriers (<–Me). Each month we are issued one charcuterie challenge from Michael Ruhlman’s book “Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing.”   We then prepare [...]

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Farmers’ Market & the First Butt of the Football Season

September 11, 2010 |
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A Great Restaurant Find on Our Way South

July 25, 2010 |

Camp Waubeeka, Copake, NY to Elk Neck State Park, North East, MD

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Preparing to Do Interesting Things

June 24, 2010 |

We are spending some much time prepping to do things worth writing about that I haven’t had time to write about it. So a short summary would be: Monday Ate lunch at The Grit Picked up our Total Pork Program Meat CSA from MoonShine at Farm255 Dinner was a noodle stir-fry using the purple broccoli [...]

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Breakfast & Outgoing Trip Plans

June 21, 2010 |

Immediately after I completed yesterday’s post, I did exactly as I said I would.  I made myself an omelette using the remaining chanterelles. I also threw in the rest of the pancetta and fontina. Served with a side of fried potatoes, it was the best breakfast I have had in a long time.   Darren [...]

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