Archive for the ‘Food Snob’ Category

May 11

Butter Sauces

With this article I’d like to continue with the sauce theme and tackle butter sauces. These can be some of the most difficult to pull off, but with a little patience (and practice) there is no reason a non-pro can’t (ahem) churn these out at home. I’ll be discussing three variants, particularly. Beurre Blanc, Beurre

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An interesting challenge: pair two wines to a bacon vinaigrette, an onion and bacon pie, and an Asian seasoned braise of pork belly…

At the behest of our ring leader this will be a simple post this time around containing the recipe for a soup I made at the most recent meeting of the Estate. The theme was spring, and all the bounty Michigan provides for that season (sadly, though, our resident forager was unable to get his

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Apr 24

Drink me.

I have an unhealthy relationship with wine. I find it endlessly fascinating, and sometimes infuriating, I find it good in moderation, and better in excess. It’s one hell of a tasty hobby. But I’m no wine expert. I know, everyone says that in their first post to try and sound like a “regular guy”, not

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Apr 12

Sauces 101

One of the biggest mysteries to home cooks, it seems, is how to make sauces like the professionals. To this i have only three words to say. Stock, stock, and stock! It’s not hard to make at home, keeps well frozen, and will make a world of difference. So why don’t more people learn the

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