Category Archives: Cooking
Pork with Caramelized Milk Sauce (a.k.a. Fugly Pork)
Well, you can’t win ‘em all. I try really hard to make sure that anything I cook is visually appealing, even when I’m not posting pictures of it. However when … Continue reading
Calling All Local Food and Drink Bloggers!
I’ve started up a Meetup.com group for local bloggers/writers and we’re getting together next week. The definition for “local” is going to be pretty loose. So if you’re in Ann … Continue reading
I Spatchcocked a Rooster Eunuch
Warning: a chicken went through every indignity known to man in the making of this meal. Indignity #1 I’m far from what you’d call an animal cruelty activist. Do a … Continue reading
What Three Things Are Always In Your Refrigerator?
In every issue, Bon Appétit magazine features a Q&A with a celebrity asking about his or her quirky food habits and favorite things to eat. Until a few years ago, … Continue reading
Pho without the Funk
The first time I tried pho (pronounced “fuh”), a Vietnamese beef soup with noodles, I was grossed out. I was a college student living in San Jose, Calif., and had … Continue reading
Food is Love: Pasta with Sauce and Meatballs
They say food is love. Especially the Italians. As if this fact needs proof, consider where my Aunt Rose recently found some childhood letters I’d sent to my Grandmother Vincentia. … Continue reading
The Ethics of Curried Carrot Almond Soup
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to do meatless Mondays and I’ve been pretty successful at it. I didn’t follow it for a lot of the holidays – Memorial … Continue reading
Spicy Avocado Cream Soup
A few month’s ago, I gave a mixed review to one of the finer restaurants here in Ann Arbor – Pacific Rim. In a nutshell, the food is fantastic and … Continue reading
Two Boudins and Cotechino Risotto
I know, it’s been killing you. I posted about Publican Quality Meats last week and you’re asking yourself, “What the heck did the Hedonist do with all those sausages?” Oh wait, … Continue reading
The Results: Top Three Things In Your Refrigerators
When I asked “What Three Things Are Always In Your Refrigerator?,” it really struck a chord. Apparently, we all have a deep-down yearning to fling open our metal and vacuum-sealed … Continue reading →