Gutsy By Nature
I had to dig deep and find my inner hunter-gatherer this week when my husband brought home four striped bass from a fishing trip with friends. I’ve eaten lots of fish and watched others clean fish, but was completely intimidated by the prospect of scaling, gutting, and cooking a whole fish that had been swimming […]
Our last big meat order from Polyface was the pork larder, so we’ve been eating lots of delicious pork chops, ribs, and sausage lately. The cut that had me a bit stymied though was the “fresh ham.” Google searches on recipes were coming up mostly empty except to explain how to cure and smoke a […]
Friends tell me that I am a good cook, but the truth is that I am really just good at following directions. Yes, I am comfortable in the kitchen and I know the basics. But there aren’t very many things that I feel confident just whipping up without consulting a recipe. In recent months though I […]