The last time I made turkey soup I totally spoiled my kids for ever giving them canned soup again. This time I think I’ve ruined myself. I knew I wanted to get some turkey or chicken thighs, since I much prefer dark meat for soup. Actually I prefer it for just about everything. All I [...]
Mirepoix is a simple combination of onion, celery and carrot sautéed together. It is so common in French cooking that recipes will sometimes call for a certain amount of mirepoix, instead of listing the three vegetables separately. When you do see recipes for the mirepoix, it is typically either two parts celery to one part [...]
Depending on who you talk to, carbonara may have eggs, cream, mushrooms, peas, garlic, pepper, and any of a half-dozen different kinds of cheese as the “proper” ingredients. I’m not a purist about it. I just care how it tastes. Oh, and “easy to make with what I already have” is pretty good, too.
Lots of recipes have the line “1 medium onion, diced” in the ingredients. Not too many of them show you how to do that. Here’s a simple way that’s easy to learn and pretty quick.
You might think after three days of eating prime rib I’d be a little tired of it for a while. If so, you’d be wrong. Maybe if I had gone four days straight then I’d have gotten tired of it. I guess I’ll have to try it sometime and see. Until then, I’m going to [...]
