Author Archives: Bill

This morning we enjoyed our first home made bacon.  I used the recipe from Michael Symon’s excellent cookbook, Carnivore, and it was as simple as he suggests.  We bought a large pork belly at COSTCO and cut off 4 ½ lbs. to make bacon and used the rest in several other pork belly recipes.  TheContinue reading “Making Your Own Bacon”

This is a follow up to my earlier post What Is The Best Fry Pan For Cooking. The answer was Cast Iron and Carbon Steel pans for many dishes but the biggest issue that many people have is how to clean them and keep the seasoning that makes them a non-stick pan. My favorite TVContinue reading “Michael Symon short video on how to clean a cast iron pan”

This is not a simple recipe, but it was very delicious.  Peking Duck is a classic Chinese dish with delicious crispy skin served in thin pancakes with Hoisin sauce.  I’ve heard that some purists only put the wonderful skin inside the pancake and use the duck meat for other dishes but every time I haveContinue reading “Smoked Peking Duck On A Kamado Grill”

We love Thai food and get it most often as take-out. I like mine a little more spicy than Beth likes hers. Even with a restaurant we have used multiple times there can be some variation in the spiciness from day to day and if we are on travel and trying a new place, howContinue reading “How Spicy Do You Order Your Thai Food?”

First – What Cut Is The Porterhouse Steak? It is two steaks, one on each side of the bone.  They are cut from the rear end of the short loin and the larger of the two steaks is a strip steak.  When solo on the menu it usually called a NY Strip Steak.  On theContinue reading “Break All Of The Rules To Cook A Great Porterhouse Steak!”