By Nick • March 8, 2010
Betsy and I have a few other couples that we like to hang with on occasion. Usually we just get together, make some dinner, and drink copious amounts of beer and wine. Apparently though this was not ideal for the ladies in the group because a few weekends ago they scheduled a “Lady’s Night” and [...]
Posted in Dinner, Economical, good food, pork, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged barbecue, boston butt, braise, braising, carnitas, cooking, mexican cuisine, pork, pork butt, pulled pork
By Nick • December 21, 2009
A few weeks ago I went to a surprise party for a good friend of mine. The theme of the party was sushi and I thought I’d bring an appetizer. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at potstickers or dumplings for awhile now so this was as good a time as any. While I [...]
Posted in appetizers, pork, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, ginger, pork, potstickers, scallions, shrimp
By Nick • November 24, 2009
There’s always a lot of anticipation about side dishes on Thanksgiving. In fact, unless the turkey is just perfectly prepared (a rare thing), I find that the sides really make the meal.
And for me, there’s nothing like a good plate of stuffing. It’s the perfect side in so many ways. Since I usually brine or [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Holidays, pork, Side dishes, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged chestnuts, Dinner, herbs, onions, pork, sausage, stuffing, Thanksgiving
By Nick • September 28, 2009
When I reviewed the Red Sage cookbook a few months ago, I bookmarked a few recipes that I wanted to come back to later. While there are some challenging recipes in this book, I picked a spiced pork chop dish to make for a small dinner party a few weekends ago that I thought would [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, pork, Side dishes | Tagged blackberry sauce, pork, pork chops, spice rub, spice rubbed pork chop, yam fries
By Nick • August 3, 2009
I installed a Plugin for Macheesmo recently that lets me check out what people are searching for on Macheesmo. It’s a bit Big Brother, and I usually don’t pay attention to it. The most useful part for me is looking at what people search for that return zero results. So in theory I can make [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, pork, spicy | Tagged bbq sauce, boss sauce, garlic, habaneros, hot sauce, jalepenos, onions, pork, pork chops, strawberries, tomatoes
By Nick • June 3, 2009
This is a post mainly about food competitions! First, let me point out that there is an awesome Foodie Fights competition going on now. The secret ingredients are melon and red pepper flakes and it is going to be a close battle, so be sure to check out the entries and vote!
Second, I wanted to [...]
Posted in musings | Tagged Cochon 555, events, pork
