The Secret To A Perfect Pie Crust
If you think back to the best pie you’ve ever had, with the flakiest crust, there’s a good possibility the crust was made from leaf lard. Leaf lard is the highest grade of lard and is obtained from the fat deposit around the kidneys and inside the loin of a pig.
Julia’s Mousse Au Chocolate
I own over two hundred cookbooks.I covet two.
The author of both is Julia Child.
Inspired by Coffee
Food is our trigger to all design. Its color may inform our fashion. It’s texture may inform our artwork. Its shape may inform our interiors and its flavor will always inform our table. This week our inspiration is coffee. Bright, baggy, buttery, bready, bitter and baked. Cool beans roasted by cool people. Enjoy a cup or two or twelve with us. We’ll see you in the unisex bathroom line.
Rabbit Cassoulet
The first time I had a cassoulet was in France on the eve of my 25th birthday. I’ve been trying to get right with Jesus ever since so I could get the recipe to be the same. This one is so very close, but I feel I’m still a sin or two away.
Grilled Corn Salad (mason jar mint dressing)
Ingredients:
6 ears of corn
4 leeks, grill and thinly slice
1 pint grape tomatoes, grilled
1 jalapeno pepper, grilled and thinly chopped
1 head romaine lettuce, torn
Mason Jar Mint Dressing (recipe to follow)
Directions:
Soak corn, in husk, in water for 15 minutes. Place on kitchen towel to drain.
Mornings in Savannah (baked eggs and blue crab)
Blue crabs harvested from a single trap tied off a backyard dock –just fifty paces from the chicken coop.
Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream
There’s just something about a boy, his chicken and an ice cream cone.
Watermelon Basil Beach Blaster
Sunshine, a backyard garden, beach waves and a night on Ibiza –all in one glass.
No passport required.
Revival Dogs
There’s something conscientiously decadent and American about a hotdog made from heritage breed pork. Happy Independence Day!
