A Hungry Bear

braised radishes

Thursday, December 10, 2009

I’ve been getting a lot of radishes in my CSA box - sometimes 2 big bunches per week. There’s no way I could eat them all if I only sliced them fresh for salads, so I had to do some research to find a way to use them up. I was skeptical when [...]

chicken legs smothered in gravy

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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After all the turkey we ate last week, you’d think the last thing I’d be craving is more poultry. But, chicken legs are a great way to save some money and balance out the grocery budget. This recipe, from November’s Food & Wine magazine, has a nice bacon and tomato-based gravy that tastes [...]

veal cakes over braised eggplant

Monday, November 2, 2009

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I was pretty skeptical when I saw this recipe, but since it met several criteria I look for (easy, high protein and low carb; uses a CSA vegetable; and most importantly, is something new that I can share!), I decided to give it a shot. I learned that cakes don’t have to be limited to [...]

stout-braised brisket

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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To use up the rest of the stout I got for the chocolate stout cupcakes I made last week, I turned to Epicurious. I’ve always thought of brisket as a vehicle for barbecue sauce, so the depth of flavor this dish had without any tomato-based sauce was pretty surprising. Next time I make [...]

braised beef short ribs

Monday, March 30, 2009

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I’ve cooked short ribs before but knew I must have been missing something. They were fatty and chewy when I made them - if this was the essence of short ribs, why would they keep turning up on the menus of some of the best restaurants I’ve been to lately? I decided to give it [...]

greek style braised pork

Friday, March 20, 2009

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Recently Food & Wine magazine had an interesting article that presented some classic Greek recipes in simpler, Americanized fashion. One of these was for a simple grilled pork tenderloin, served with pitas and tzatziki. But when it came time to cook this, we were in the middle of 3 straight days of rain [...]

apple cider-braised pork shoulder

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Like most people, the recession is having an impact on the food I eat. But instead of giving up on the “slow movement” entirely, I’m really trying to learn to cook cheaper cuts of meat in creative ways. Some of these experiments have been failures - I don’t have the heart to post [...]

roasted pork with leeks

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

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I didn’t grow up eating a lot of pork, and on those rare occasions I remember dry bone-in pork chops grilled with barbeque sauce. Only in the last year or so have I realized that I’ve been missing out. This particular recipe may take 2 hours to cook, but it’s very hands-off. [...]