After my meat shopping adventure, I was ready to cook up some lamb’s neck. I’d had it at Incanto a long time ago, and more recently read a blog post emphasizing that you can braise it similar to osso bucco. With that in mind I set about creating a basic beer-based braise. I started by dusting my lamb in flour, [...]
On Sunday afternoon, I was invited to join in on a beer and cheese tasting. The theme of the event, in keeping with the Halloween weekend was “In a Dark, Dark Beer.” We were encouraged to “bring our darkest and scariest” beer and get into the Halloween spirit. I brought along a bottle of Eel River‘s [...]
Update: Sadly, Alhambra Halal Meat Co. is closed. A few months ago, Eli and I were walking down 24th street when we came across what looked like a new carnaceria. But upon closer inspection – it wasn’t that at all. Instead it was the about-to-open Alhambra Halal Meat Co. We made it a point to go back shortly [...]
Tasting notes to come… Update – You can find my tasting notes here!
A few weeks ago I was given a copy of Kenny Shopsin’s new cookbook, which is an adventure just to read, much less cook out of. His section on pancakes is particularly inspiring, and includes some great ideas (mac and cheese pancakes anyone?) He also uses a basic frozen pancake batter, and doctors it as needed – [...]
