Elvis Bread

The Elvis sandwich ranks among my favorite comfort foods. The combination of bananas, honey and peanut butter is not only delicious, but nutritious as well. A few recipe sources I reviewed did not include honey, but the one above from Wikipedia mentions bacon. I’ll leave that up to you to try. As always, my trusted [...]

Chicken Stock Cubes

Many people make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, make more money, pay off credit cards, drink less…I resolve to make more of my own stock. At least, it’s one of my resolutions, and fairly high up on the list. I’m not quite sure where it exactly falls, but, at least today, it fell out [...]

Foodista – Link to your site’s recipes

Just heard back from the folks at Foodista regarding embedding widgets. Turns out I was confused: you can actually add a link to each recipe on your blog regarding any given recipe, or, alternately, link from the Foodista recipe page itself once you’ve found what you’re looking for. Here’s the instructions as related to me [...]

Butter Poached Bone-In Rib Roast and Crispy Potatoes

Yep, you read it correctly: Butter…Poached..Rib Roast. Eight pounds of butter to be exact. In the pictures above, you’ll see the proof, including what 8 pounds of reducing butter looks like in a large pot, as well as the clarified remnants. The first few people to whom I mentioned this laughed nervously before questioning if [...]

Simple Holiday Champagne Punch

(Original Posting, November 29) I’m making this again this evening, and have a passed it on to quite a few friends. It’s easy and super delicious. The fruit is optional, but make sure you include the bitters. The weekend after thanksgiving invariably calls for a healthy helping of Champagne Punch. Our team of mixologists used [...]

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