fabulous fare from a lover of food & travel
During David’s last visit to Portland, he discovered the wonder that is Pok Pok, an amazingly tasty Thai restaurant he learned about from watching Anthony Bourdain. In particular, he raved about the fish sauce wings–that they were deliciously spicy with decadently chewy skin. His brother had a copy of Pok Pok’s recipe book, so we…
Our friends’ desire to learn how to make Thai green curry led to an impromptu Thai night, where D and I decided to get a bit ambitious and make two new Thai dishes we’d never made (in addition to the curry). Pad Thai was a particularly daunting prospect, as most of us have had our…
As my mother can attest, I am a fan of baked chicken. So after accruing 29 years worth of baked chickens, one starts to wonder at that kind of variety you might be able to get in how ones goes about baking a chicken. I ran across this recipe, which sounded particularly interesting for its…
It is well-established that David is a fan of garlic. He will often gleefully double or even triple the amount of garlic called for in a recipe. However, when I came across this recipe, which has long been ear-marked for us to try, he found that his garlic lust had met its match.
Some leftover ground pork and David’s hankering for biscuits and gravy motivated the search for this recipe. David recently visited family in Colorado where his grandmother made biscuits and gravy for him, thus prompting his desire to try it for himself. It had been quite some time since we’d made biscuits and gravy, and we’d…
This particular recipe book was one of the first recipe books David and I bought together, and we’ve had many delicious successes from it, including chicken and fennel au gratin. Chicken in almond sauce was a recipe we’d first made several years ago (before we left Vancouver) and was one of our staple dishes for…
I am a huge fan of mac and cheese. I may even be as so bold to say that it is one of my favourite dishes. So when I ran across this recipe for mac and cheese with a bit of Tex Mex flair, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to try it.
For Christmas, I gave what I thought to be a very fitting recipe book to David, namely Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey by Southern chef John Currence. It features three “food groups” that I believe he holds very close to his heart. This was our first attempt at a recipe from it, which combined several things I too…
It was to be a relatively quiet Thanksgiving, with just the two of us plus David’s brother. As such, a turkey seemed like overkill, so we decided to consider the smaller birds (e.g. cornish game hen, duck, capon), finally settling on duck. It’s been quite awhile since we’d had duck, and this seemed like the…
There are few dishes that are as iconically French as coq au vin, and we were kind of appalled that we both had not yet tried it (even in a restaurant). The preparation is somewhat involved, as the chicken marinates for at least a day but potentially up to 3 days, but we were game…