Crispy Italian Ham and Kale Pesto Burger

Crispy Italian Ham and Kale Pesto Burger

Eater just finished up burger week highlighting the best ground-meat-patties from across the country. A photo-essay showing how Jacoby’s Mercantile makes their ranch-to-table burger was featured on the Austin page. The photos were taken by Robert J Lerma, a man who knows how to photograph meat. I ate the cheeseburger a few weeks ago, and it’s one … Read more

BEEF CHEEK RAVIOLI WITH CELERY LEAF GREMOLATA

This isn’t your ordinary beef cheek ravioli recipe, and let me explain why.  Even though this is an Italian dish, the concept was inspired by a Chinese dumpling called shao long boa (xiaolongboa), also known as soup dumplings or buns.  The dumpling is crafted by encasing a chilled ground meat and gelatinized broth mixture inside a flour-based dumpling … Read more