Category Archives: Food & Drink
Gentlemen’s Weekend : Winter 2011
This winter’s Gentlemen’s Weekend was quite good. We had a bit of snow, and plenty of sunshine. The brookies were biting though the grouse and rabbit were nowhere to be seen. Perhaps that’s because of all the coyote we saw! … Continue reading
No-Knead Bread
We’ve been making no-knead bread with a fair amount of regularity this month. Hopefully we can get into a good rhythm where there’s never a moment without some bread on hand. Jim Lahey, of Sullivan Street Bakery, is a bread … Continue reading
The Paralyzed Cyclops In The Democratic Jungle
I went up to Milwaukee last Wednesday to hear a lecture by Alec Soth, see the show titled, The Truth is Not in the Mirror, at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, and to enjoy a cup of … Continue reading
Smokin Turkey on Thanksgiving Day
Dug a hole in my parent’s garden and fashioned a smoking oven out of things found in the backyard. Soaked the turkey in a salt/sugar/thyme brine for 24 hours and then smoked it slowly on Thanksgiving morning. I still smell … Continue reading