Category Archives: Food Blogs

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!”

A few days ago a used my Carbon Steel pan to make a delicious sauce for dinner. One of the main ingredients in that sauce was four fresh tomatoes that had been peeled and cut into large chunks. While they were cooking in the sauce, I used the spatula to crush them in the panContinue reading “Food: Read My Own Posts 😩”

I got an email from Amazon suggesting some things i might want to buy: a cover for a 12” Lodge cast iron fry pan, a chain mail scrubber for cast iron pans, and a Crisbee Cast Iron Seasoning stick. The only time i did anything on line with these three things was to mention themContinue reading “How Smart Is Amazon?”

If you watch any of the TV cooking shows you will see that the fry pan by for used the most is a cast iron skillet.  The reasons for this are very good ones.  It gets very hot and holds the heat uniformly so it is an excellent cooking platform.  With its metal handle itContinue reading “Food: What Is The Best Fry Pan For Cooking?”

All three of the topics of this Blog: Wine, Travel, and Food, are highly subjective.  Something I rave about may be something where you had a bad experience or simply don’t like it.  This blog is about Salmon and I have some strong opinions about this fish which will rapidly become apparent.  Upfront I willContinue reading “Food: Delicious Salmon Dinner for Two”

Adapted from Aaron Franklin’s excellent YouTube Video on Brisket. Before he created his Master Class on Brisket that you have to pay for, he did a set of three videos on prepping, smoking, and carving brisket which were really good. The goal of this sauce is to get the upfront sweet taste first and haveContinue reading “Food: Bill’s Sweet Heat BBQ Sauce”