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Garlic

herb and horseradish crusted rib eye roast

June 5, 2010

braciole di pollo

March 8, 2010

Recently I entered Perdue’s Verifiably Good Video Contest where I submitted my Braciole di Pollo with Parmesan Herb Polenta and a Roasted Tomato Puree. In preparing this dish I drew inspiration from my childhood, as my mother would make a more traditional braciole using beef and a filling of cheese and bread crumbs.

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chocolate pasta with pork ragout

February 22, 2010

After the success I had with creating an Iron Chef America inspired dish last week it fueled my desire to attempt to replicate a dish I saw Chef Michael Symon make on the same episode. His dish was a chocolate pasta with a pork and boar shoulder ragout, however, I wasn’t able to find [...]

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creamy tomato bisque and paninis

February 21, 2010

On our fifth date I made my wife a somewhat elaborate dinner and afterwards she informed me that she would never be able to cook for me.
When I said that I was going to make dinner she wasn’t sure what to expect. She really enjoyed dinner, but would later tell me that she would [...]

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cola braised brisket tacos

February 16, 2010

The other night I was watching an Iron Chef America battle between Iron Chef Michael Symon and Chef Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes fame. The secret ingredient for the night was chili peppers and chocolate, which is a combination that has always interested me. I had a brisket that I needed to [...]

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roasted garlic duxelle

December 21, 2009

A little more than a week ago I talked about the pork wellington that I would be making for my family’s Christmas dinner. This past Saturday we had our Christmas dinner early thanks to my wife’s holiday work schedule and the roasted garlic duxelle I had devised for the pork wellington came out amazingly [...]

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stuffed crusted center cut pork roast

December 4, 2009

Nearly two weeks ago I was contemplating a celebratory dinner for my fatherhood blog’s first ‘blogoversary’. It had a been a really fun year connecting with so many great dads and moms and I was proud of what I had accomplished.
A few days before I had been grocery shopping and picked up a center [...]

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thanksgiving rewind: sides & sauces

December 1, 2009

Continuing with the rewind, today I’m presenting a few basic recipes for the sides and sauces that I served on Thanksgiving. The pearl onion and cranberry sauce takes the place of a traditional gravy. I tried it for the first time about three years ago and it has since become a requested item. [...]

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thanksgiving rewind: apple & pecan smoked turkey

November 30, 2009

Over the next few days I’m going to be doing a quick review of my Thanksgiving culinary adventure. Today I’m going to start out with how I prepared the turkey. I had intended to smoke the turkey this year, however, I was the victim of an equipment malfunction.
Even though I ended up roasting the [...]

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mission inconceivable: brussel sprouts

November 18, 2009

I’m not terribly fond of vegetables and, unfortunately, it is evident in my cooking and diet. Since I’ve been trying to eat better I have searched for different ways to prepare vegetables and avoid reliving the nightmares of my youth.
Growing up I used to liberally apply French’s yellow mustard to most vegetables as a [...]

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