If this isn't the least-precise recipe you've ever seen, it probably wins the title among things I've posted here. The reason is I've finally really accepted that there is no single perfect chili recipe. There are as many ways to make good chili as there are ways to serve it: Over nachos, in a bread bowl, on a hot dog, with sour cream and fresh veggies on top, with crackers, etc. etc. etc. For this batch, I wanted two kinds of chili, and didn't want to use two pots to do it. So with one pot, … [Read more...]
Check Out My Tomato Harvest Yo
October 5, 2009 (Updated March 28, 2014) by
If you're not already reading Kristin at Going Country you should be. (And not just because she wrote the canning chapter for my upcoming book. Go get that chapter for free. I'll wait ...) Her home garden is so big you would expect to find migrant laborers on it, but it's all her. And this year blight wiped out her tomatoes. … [Read more...]
How To Make Bacon Mayonnaise
September 25, 2009 (Updated August 7, 2014) by
I've speculated about this before. I thought it should work, and someday I was going to just get down to it and try. But someone beat me to it. I'm still going to, but in the meantime, here's how Ari Weinzweig does it. … [Read more...]
7 Reasons to Eat More Saturated Fat
September 7, 2009 (Updated March 28, 2014) by
Tim Ferris is best known for his book The Four Hour Workweek, which introduced the world to what he calls "lifestyle design". The idea is that people grow up hearing all kinds of advice about how they should live their lives, but no one ever experiments to see which advice is actually useful. So that's exactly what he does. … [Read more...]
Columbus Bacon Camp ’09
August 27, 2009 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
I just noticed I never posted my photos from Bacon Camp. I am a total slacker. What's that, you say? "What the heck is Bacon Camp?" Well I'll tell you. Officially:BaconCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment about bacon. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event. It is community driven and everyone is encouraged to participate by presenting (food, art, … [Read more...]