That's a long title for a short post, but we had a lot of thoughts reading an article in last weekend's Wall St. Journal. The article was about the prized bellota ham, or jamón ibéri...
With apologies to our vegetarian friends, this has to be our favorite way to make potato salad. If it has hard-boiled eggs in it, too, all the better. Get some recipes below... ...
Here's something new and interesting. We just happened across this "freshness detector," which promises to determine the freshness of your meat and poultry. ...
Browsing a slideshow of burgers over at Cottage Living's website, we came upon this heavy hitter. It's a burger topped with one of our favorite simple sandwich fillings — pimento cheese. What do y...
We're not saying this is a debate that ranks up up there with health care, but still — there is a lot of disagreement over whether or not you should rinse raw chicken when it comes out of the packag...
Whoa. Have you seen this yet? It's slightly old news, but still very timely. Last January Jamie Oliver invited guests to a dinner with cute centerpieces: baby chicks. He separates the males from the f...
Yesterday's post on supermarket lamb brought at least one suggestion to forgo grocery meat entirely and substitute entire sides of lamb (or pig, or cow) that you buy and freeze. We have friends who do...
Yesterday we were at the grocery buying lamb for an evening supper. There was only a small selection of lamb loin cuts and chops, and we asked the butcher if they had more. She said no, and then she t...
This recipe is a classic example of us cooking by feel. We had some goat cheese leftover from an appetizer (which we wrote about last week) and found fresh, green garlic at the farmer's market. So we ...
Yes, the chicken is breaded and pan-fried. But see that big wad of salad on top? That's just the type of meal we crave after a weekend of eating burgers and chips. Chicken Milanese is traditionally ...
Fell (noun): The papery, porous membrane covering the fat and muscle of lamb and mutton. This membrane is incredibly high in lanolin. This might be a desirable ingredient in soap and candles, but whe...
Over the weekend, a friend gave us some fresh eggs from her Araucana hens. These eggs have a slight pale-green tint that's so subtle, it's hard to photograph. We also happened to have some cured ham...
In Week Seven of the Kitchn Cure, Sara Kate is challenging you to learn a new skill. It could be as simple as properly dicing an onion or as complicated as rolling out pasta. This reminded us of sev...
Has anyone bought meat from La Cense Beef? We're asking because the construction site across the street from the Apartment Therapy offices is covered in these posters directing passers-by to winagra...
We were in Memphis this past weekend (it's one of our hometowns) and, as is our custom in Memphis, ate more than one plate of barbecue. This one's from the Germantown Commissary. While we can't get ...
We are hungry, it turns out, for sausage, broccoli rabe, and polenta. This is a rather autumnal combination - it really belongs in late November - but we are going to cook it up this weekend. We spott...
It's April 15th, in case you forgot — and your accountant, spouse, parents, or every morning news anchor forgot to remind you. You may feel like crawling back into bed amidst a pile of receipts and...
Brining has become synonymous with Thanksgiving turkey, but it's such a great technique that we've started using it all year round for all sorts of different meats! We like to throw pork chops and chi...
So we're agreed that we like to sear meat before cooking it! So how, exactly, do we go about getting this nice sear? First of all, make sure your pan is hot. Add a few teaspoons of vegetable oil (wh...
At a recent dinner party, we were asked whether it was really necessary to sear meat before cooking it, especially if it was just getting slow-cooked in a braise or a stew. Our friend logically poin...
OK, everybody... Please note that the title says healthIER. We're not promising low-fat, cholesterol-free chicken wings here. But some of us are big basketball fans (of the Tar Heels, specifically) an...
With Easter coming up, we've started thinking about where to buy Easter ham from sustainable-raised pigs. We did some research and found several farms that raise their pigs without hormones or drugs,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that Costco was recalling approximately 10,368 pounds of frozen chicken that may be infected with listeria....
Folks can get pretty particular about how they like their steaks. Some of us like it well-done while others say the more red and rare the better! When we're cooking steaks at home, it can be hard to g...
At the Ferry Building Farmer's Market on Saturday, we saw a lot of fresh, organic spring lamb being sold by local farmers. ...
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