Roasting Rambler

What I’m eating this week (late January edition)

My parents came to visit this past weekend and took me out to dinner as a (late) graduation present. We ate at my favorite French restaurant, Baru 66, and we enjoyed a great evening of...

I recently found a new farm at the Des Moines Farmers’ Market that raises and sells some of the best lamb I’ve ever cooked or eaten, Hedgeapple Farm. They raise Icelandic...

A few years ago, I adapted Alton Brown’s eggnog recipe to my tastes and the ingredients I had on hand that day. I wrote the recipe down, but then I forgot about it and didn’t...

What I’m eating this wee...

Posted by Jeremy on Feb 2, 2012 1

Lamb Ragù with Wide Noodles

Posted by Jeremy on Jan 8, 2012 2

Eggnog with Bourbon

Posted by Jeremy on Dec 23, 2011 3

Nov 17, 2010

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Restaurant reservations

Today a friend shared a post, via Kottke, from Mark Pastore talking about why he doesn’t use OpenTable at his restaurant. Personally, I prefer to call and talk to a restaurant directly because, as Pastore points out, that’s part of the experience. That doesn’t mean I haven’t used OpenTable, I have, but it hasn’t won my loyalty. I’ve also always...

Nov 15, 2010

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Roasted Duck

So I’ve finally cooked a protein that I’ve always wanted to work with – duck! Thanks to Hungry Mouse roasting a whole duck was super easy and tasty. I did follow his suggestion and cooked up the liver with a little butter, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper and ate it on some toasty bread as a cook’s snack. I cooked some potatoes with my roasted duck and they...

Nov 6, 2010

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