Sous-Vide Lamb Loin with Olive and Mint Salsa Verde

Who doesn’t love the arrival of Spring? The Winter doldrums disappear and the temperature mellows. Mountain laurels fill the Austin air with the smell of sweet grapes, trees sprout new buds and plant shoots peak though the soil. I’m glad I don’t live in the Northeast any longer where this year’s Winter was … Read more

Chinese Chicken And Waffles

Writing a food blog is hard work. Each week I develop a new recipe, cook it, shoot it and post it. The most difficult part is photographing the food. I’m an amateur photographer with only a sixty minute course at the local camera store as my only prior instruction. I’m still learning … Read more

Chicken Marsala Pizza

I’m a pizza aficionado and self-proclaimed expert. I grew up in New York eating the best pizza in the country so I feel like a have very good reference point by which I make these claims. After moving away from home I was forced to start making my own pie since Papa … Read more

Scallops With Pistachios, Lemon Vinaigrette And Blood Oranges

Scallops with Pistachios, Lemon Vinaigrette and Blood Oranges

  A properly cooked scallop is one of the finest foods you can put in your mouth.  My preference, pan-fried scallops cooked in butter, develop a rich brown crust while retaining a soft tender interior.  They have a natural sweetness and taste of the sea without being fishy.  Scallops aren’t very complicated to make. … Read more

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

Braised Pork Tacos with Pineapple Guacamole and Pickled Onions

Braised Pork Tacos with Pineapple Guacamole and Pickled Onions

This past weekend I participated in the Taco Takedown here in Austin. It was a fun event with local home cooks preparing some seriously tasty tacos. I met a fellow blogger, Jennifer from The Fit Fork, who created a srircha brisket taco with pickled watermelon rind relish. Very creative and tasty too! A … Read more