Archive for the ‘Spices and Seasonings’ Category
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
I'm sketching out a plate presentation that will include these as an element. They are Cremini mushrooms poached in espresso with cracked Malabar peppercorns. I can actually see these working nicely in a number of plating scenarios for which deep earth flavors are called. Let me tell you something: Mushroom, ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Coffee me, please. I'm probably more stimulated by the flavor, body and aroma of coffee than by the caffeine. It's a grounding beverage, a conduit of profound elemental energies. You can not have coffee without earth, fire, water or mountain air, after all. It is a drink of pondering, a ...
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
Every year I get a pound of pistachios for Christmas from my grandmother. I'm not one of those people who has time to sit around shelling and eating nuts like a fat squirrel, so it usually takes me a while to go through them. Here it is, the end ...
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Monday, September 18th, 2006
My Uncle Jim's preferred method of smoking ribs involves the application of a dry rub to the meat approximately 24 hours prior to cooking. Some of you know quite well what a rub is, and some of you do not. A rub is, quite simply, a dry or wet mixture ...
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