Again ….. I know we’ve already had a post about homemade pasta. I just wanted to add a couple of more points and some pictures. I agree with everything my food blog contemporary has said about making pasta. Its easy, enjoyable and the stuff you buy at the store is crap. Don’t get me wrong, …
Author Archives: Kitchen Vulture
Roast Garlic Basil Pesto Experiment
I had a hankering for pesto pasta and thought I’d try a little experiment. I threw a couple of cloves of garlic and a handful of pine nuts in a pot, submersed them in olive oil and cooked/poached them for 15 minutes on my lowest output burner on the lowest setting. I let the mix …
DIY Sous Vide
Do it yourself sous vide.
Dinner with friends
A very dear friend of ours was in town over the holidays and to celebrate we christened my new kitchen with a delicious meal, lots of wine and very good company. These dinners are something of a tradition, it all starts at the grocery store. My wife refuses to partake in this often excruciatingly slow, …
Salt Crusted Prime Rib
I’ve always wanted to try this, so when Loblaws had prime rib at an obscenely reasonable price, it was destiny. The first time I had salt crusted prime rib was in a tiny little town in Arizona. I was working at a copper mine in Bagdad and staying in Wickenburg (SP? but really who cares). …
Geeks and Food
Who knew that Slashdot would have links to interesting food articles. The NY times ran an article on ex Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold. I read his Wikipedia entry and was immediately intimidated.
Do Not Rush a Persimmon
I’d post a picture, but I already ate it … so much for a first post.