So what do you do with all of the wonderful rendered fat from the roasted duck? You didn’t throw it away did you? Rendered waterfowl fat is one of the most delicious cooking mediums out there. One of the tastiest dishes that can be made with it is Confit Canard also known as Duck Confit.
Confit [...]
The Rose Bowl is days away. The Ohio State Buckeyes are playing the Oregon Ducks. Alex and I are both alumni and football fans. We are bringing a duck confit dish to a Rose Bowl party to poke fun at the opposing team’s mascot.
One of the most common complaints about duck (or goose for that [...]
I didn’t cook anything on Turkey Day, so I had the whole afternoon to take pictures. Several series were taken for upcoming posts on cooking duck the Julia Child way and enjoying poultry tail aka pope’s nose.
Here are the highlights of turkey day from behind my camera:
homemade cinnamon rolls (I said I didn't cook, [...]
Poultry is a topic of conversation everywhere these days. It even came up at the conversation with Thomas Keller and Michael Ruhlman I attended last week.
While I do not eat meat, I have experience assisting Alex in preparing hundreds of whole birds. Here are our keys to a great turkey:
1) Buy a Quality Bird. Free [...]
When served meat, Lil often asks “What part of the aminal is this?”
‘Aminal’ is one of Lil’s last toddlerisms, meaning animal. I am not ready for her to be all grown up and pronounce everything correctly!
My heart gushes a little and not just because her pronunciation is cute.
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In northwestern Ohio this weekend, Lil and I [...]
Last year we were members of the 2Silos winter meat CSA. It was a great experience. Alex and Lil enjoyed local eggs, chicken, beef, lamb, and more all winter long. Alex wrote a review of his experience in mid winter.
Owner Denise Beno is trying out a new method for CSA signup called [...]
When I first heard about the Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival a few years ago (it has been running for 8 years), I thought it was too weird to be true. This year our schedule aligned with my father’s band, Bunty Station, being booked at the show and we had to go see for ourselves.
The [...]
This weekend we went to our annual Labor Day Camp with family and friends. Every year we have a theme night with costumes and related food. This year our friend Leonard went all out on the theme, Hawaii.
I could write about the tiki hut trike, our chant to counter the hellfire and brimstone preaching group [...]
We are posting this for Labor Day weekend in honor of all the people like us enjoying a family camp out this weekend. We will spend 3 days at East Harbor State Park on the Lake Erie shore. Expect another camp food post when we get home!
So in line with all of our efforts to [...]
