Stir Fried Bay Scallops with Greens

This was the first meal I made on the AGA. In the illustration to the right, you can see that I am cooking scallops, and in the lower left corner, you can see what I was cooking with them–snow pea tips. Those little sprouty-looking guys are the very tender tips to the snow pea shoots–that […]

Easy Chicken and Noodles for an Uneasy Stomach

Comfort food calls to me after surviving a bout of stomach virus. However, during the recovery from a viral attack is not the best time for me to take on cookery that requires an all day effort like many comfort foods do. The original of this recipe goes all the way back to my paternal […]

Why Do I Fear Cooking Fish?

Why do people have cooking phobias? I had to ask myself that last night, because I pan fried some catfish coated in stoneground cornmeal and spices, to the raptures of Zak and Morganna. I pan-fried catfish, because Morganna asked me to, because it is one of her favorite dishes, and she wanted something good for […]

Thanksgiving Report: Cooking a Heritage Turkey

As you may recall, I posted about picking up a heritage breed turkey–more specifically, a Narragansett, from Speckled Hen Farm. And I promised to give a full report on how I cooked the turkey, how it tasted and any differences that there were between it and the usual free-range Broad-breasted Whites that I have been […]

Jambalaya Juju

It is spicy. It involves rice. It has sausage and ham in it. Did I mention, it is spicy and involves rice? Oh, yeah, I did. Well, you can see why I think jambalaya may be my all-time favorite bit of American Southern Country-Folk food of all time. Because it is spicy, involves rice and […]

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