So what does a person do for dinner when they have a Sunday off and free? The first Sunday in around 6 months where they can do and or make whatever they want? The answer came to me immediately as I came across an organic free range chicken while picking up late night snack foods after service last evening. It being fall, and a Sunday there could only be one option: roast chicken! more…

Ingredients

Brine
¾ c sugar
¾ c salt
1 tbsp whole juniper berries
1 cinnamon stick
5 to 6 whole dried bay leaves more…

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1 fennel bulb
Juice of one blood orange
¾ c white wine
¼ c honey more…

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1 c Corn Meal
1 c heavy cream
4 c water
12 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced
4 oz mascarpone cheese more…

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1 small red beet
1 clove garlic, minced
1 large egg
1 Tbsp ground mustard seed
Juice of 1 blood orange
½ tsp salt more…

The underage drinking debate continues on as a teen at Houlton High School in Maine brought to school a bottle of Fentiman’s Victorian Lemonade, which uses a fermentation process thus producing alcohol. The lemonade as served to the public contains less than 0.5 percent alcohol. Despite the FDA, an often dubious organization to be sure, determining that such low alcohol content is safe for all ages there’s a movement to get the beverage classified as “imitation liquor.” more…

There’s never been a time in my life when I thought a musical television show could accomplish the goal of being good and popular. Even as I prepared to watch the sneak peak of Glee earlier this year I felt that it couldn’t be good, and if that happened then no one would watch. Well it looks like I was wrong as Fox’s hit musical show maintains a solid 8 million or so viewers each week. And if a musical on television can be popular, why not music and food? more…

There are two parts to this particular recipe. First of all you have the pasta, which you’ll end up with far more than most normal households can eat for dinner. So feel free to freeze the extras. The pan sauce is designed for two people. In truth there are no real measurements on the ingredients, what is below is a rough approximation. But saying a “pinch” of everything leaves you wondering if maybe there should be more shallots than peppers. more…

This past Tuesday I was invited to attend a food show. Now before you go thinking this is like a Food and Wine Festival, it’s not. It’s really just a place for purveyors to hock their wares to chefs and restaurant owners. Not only that but one of these shows will really showcase how much processed and packaged products we’re being served at most restaurants. But there are gems to be found in all the madness, and Moody Blue is probably the best food find in recent memory. more…

I love sauces. There are those out there who think of a sauce as an afterthought, and have perfected the pan sauce not because they’re in love with all the wondrous bits of flavor but because they’re simple. I too love a quick and lovely pan sauce, but if there’s one thing that I always agonize over if it’s not perfect on the plate it’s the sauce. more…