Green Bean Pesto Salad
I recently made this salad from The Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home. The picture pretty much gives you the recipe: blanched green beans (from the Coit Road Farmers Market), tomatoes, fresh mozarella and, hiding under […]
Archive for August, 2008
Knife Skills: Viking Cooking School
I recently took a knife skills class at the Viking Cooking School at Legacy Village. It was an extremely useful class. I have always disliked extensive chopping, but the techniques you learn in this class make using […]
Great Lakes Brewing Company
We’ve tended to focus on recently opened restaurants lately so, for a change, we thought we’d focus on an old favorite, Great Lakes Brewing Company. We arrived pretty early, around 6pm and the place was already […]
Pasta with Tomatoes, Saffron and Sausage
A few years ago my dad got us Bugialli on Pasta. We’ve been hesitant to use it, partly because it seems more like a reference book than a cookbook and partially because its very apparent authenticity (recipes […]
Triscuit Sliders
These were inspired by a craving for beef but not for a soft bun. They’re really easy to make and work equally well as an appetizer or as a main course. Each of the three flavor components–seasoned beef, […]
Strong Red Ale, Part 2
A little over a month ago I brewed some beer and promised to blog again when I bottled it. I’m a bit behind, as I bottled it a week after posting. Here’s the bottling procedure: (1) Sanitize everything that will come […]
Tastee Bites
The past few weeks we have not been blogging as much as we would like to. We have been pretty busy this summer, but as a result we have also been eating out more often than […]