I happened upon a pie dough recipe that called for vodka and used words like “fool proof.” Naturally I was intrigued. The trick with the alcohol is to prevent gluten formation in the dough which can make it difficult to roll and prone to cracking. Dough Ingredients 2 ½ cups…
A friend of mine recently reminded me of the simple pleasure of Chicken & Noodles. For most of us it’s wrapped up with memories of being comforted while sick with a steaming bowl of protein and vitamins. This was the first time I had the butcher chop up the bird…
Baking bread always reminds me of Thelma. She was a strong loud woman who I had the luck to call grandma. Her recipe called for 9 cups of flour, sugar and a lot of Crisco. When we would drive out to La Rue Ohio on Sundays for dinner it was…
While Columbus Ohio is no New York or Chicago it does have a fair number of great pizza shops. Rotolo’s, Panzera’s, Dante’s to name three of my favorites with a solid nod at some High Street shops in the OSU area. Having moved to Dallas, a more geographically dispersed City,…
Mom used to make this dish for all of us, as I recall, during the Autumn and Winter months back home in Ohio. It was always one of those everyone focused on their plates kind of comfort food meals. Some of the things I remember about those long ago nights…
I’ve been trying to work with chocolate a little more than I have in the past. So I have three bricks of El Rey, Callebuet and Valrhona in the pantry. When I read the article “Simple Supper, Paris,” by Adriane Moore in Monocle Issue 62 I decided to try the…
From “Spring Entertaining 2013,” Cooks Illustrated Ingredients2 lbs thin asparagus2 1/2 cups of watersalt & pepper2 tbsp. unsalted butter2 tbsp. all-purpose flour2 oz (1/2 cup) sharp Canadian cheddar cheese shredded (the original calls for Monterrey Jack)1 1/2 oz (3/4 cup) grated Parmesan cheese PreparationSet oven rack 8 inches from broiler…
It seems that I share a love of a distinctly Mid Western dish served in Asian restaurants up North called Wor Su Gai. Some folks call it almond boneless chicken. It was one Christmas, many years ago, between family gatherings that I really acquired a taste for it. Eddie and…
On one of my SharePoint projects where I had to build a timer job I wanted to write it as DRY as possible. What I did was to remove the three SPList queries (records were chained in a parent, child, child hierarchy) and put in place a controller and a…
I used to know a couple, Mike & Carla, who would make this amazing coffee in an old glass pot with a wooden handle. We’d talk about wine, the world, growing herbs and food while enjoying our cups of black gold. One of my 2012 carry over goals is to…