Today isn’t about the recipe, it’s a rundown of several techniques for making ravioli. I’ll put the recipe for the filling up the next time my father-in-law makes it. It was already made before I showed up with the camera. In the clips below I’m working with my father-in-law, Lou. His mother and her sisters [...]
I’ve tried French onion soup in a few restaurants but I never liked it. Probably because I tried it at chain places that used frozen or dehydrated. But from what’s in it — beef broth and roasted onions — this is something I should just love. So I decided to make some for myself and [...]
I always get more creative when I’m working with leftovers. What can I do with this that I haven’t done a thousand times before? Sometimes it comes out pretty good. Other times … eh, not so much. This time I had a couple of things to use, so I had a couple of chances to [...]
It’s taken me several tries, but I’ve finally found the dinner roll recipe I’m going to go with. It’s drop-dead simple, doesn’t require any special ingredients, doesn’t need to be sliced, and doesn’t require that bane of my existence: the slash in the top. If that last piece doesn’t make any sense to you, think [...]
Every time I tell someone I keep my bacon grease I get two kinds of responses. “Oh my God, are you serious? That’s so gross!” — or — “Wow, I didn’t know anyone else still did that. My mother/grandmother always had a can of it on the stove.” Sometimes I’d get both reactions at the [...]
