I harvested the last of my potatoes, and decided to try making the Bacon Hash recipe with them. I hadn’t actually planted potatoes this year – my harvest was from the potatoes that escaped being harvested last year! I had a combination of Peruvian Purples and I think German Butterballs. I had picked up some … Continued
My local grocery store had ripe plantains (dark brown skins), so it was time to try this recipe. I had two plantains. I didn’t have any English dried mustard, so I used what I had. Here’s the plantains with the mustard paste on them: The recipe said I’d only need 2 to 3 slices of … Continued
Ari will be doing a booksigning and bacon tasting on November 12, 2009 at The Pasta Shop, 5655 College Ave, Oakland, California, 4:30-6:30 pm. Please head on over there if you’re in the area!
I was in the mood to cook something more elaborate this Saturday than has been my habit recently, and it was a cold, rainy, windy day, calling for serious comfort food, so this was an obvious choice. I picked up a jar of the Spicy Coffee Spice Rub (which is also available from Zingerman’s Mail … Continued
Tonite’s culinary foray was American Fried Bread. (Yep, my hubbie is away for the weekend again, a good time to cook with gluten!) It sounds plain. And for sure it is simple, but too good tasting to be plain, due to really good bread, bacon fat from a flavorful dry-cured artisanal bacon, and real maple … Continued
It’s a rainy October Saturday, and my husband is off on a weekend backpacking trip. Normally I would be too, but my dining room table was literally covered with Roma and Brandywine tomatoes that I picked in a hurry before a hard frost on Wednesday, and I was itching to make a batch of sauce … Continued
Yesterday was the 2009 Kerrytown Book Festival; I had a table for Zingerman’s Press. There was a steady flow of people all day long (11am-5pm). I could see the main tent was packed for the panel discussion with Ari and Jane and Michael Stern (authors of Roadfood). The hilarity of the nearby cake walks was … Continued
Saturday, September 5th, was International Bacon Day. I’m sure there were bacon events around the world; I did my part by heading down to Zingerman’s Deli, to buy a pound of artisinal Edwards bacon, and I got a free Edwards Bacon baseball cap, too! Predistressed. I had some pepper bacon in my fridge already, too, … Continued
International Bacon Day is September 5th this year – apparently it’s always the first Monday in September. Plans are still shaping up around here, but I have no doubt there will be bacon deals to be had at Zingerman’s Deli, which carries more than half a dozen kinds of artisanal bacon. I plan to do … Continued
On September 24, 2009, 5:30-7pm, if you’re in D.C. and want to taste some great cheeses from Zingerman’s Creamery, and pick up a copy of Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon, have it signed, and chat with Ari, head to Cowgirl Creamery, 919 F Street NW, Penn Quarter, Washington DC. Tel: 202.393.6880. The event at Neal’s … Continued