A Hungry Bear

new york strip and fall vegetable roast with mustard cream sauce

Thursday, December 3, 2009

I think I’ve finally started to cook enough roasts that I’m starting to get the hang of it. The most important thing I’ve learned is that you absolutely have to use a meat thermometer, and start checking it not even halfway through the amount of time you think it will need to cook. [...]

green bean salad with prosciutto and radishes

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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This is a great way to mix up your standard green bean side dish - toss with a red wine vinaigrette and thin slices of prosciuotto, radishes and shaved Parmesan. The green beans are cooked in boiling water first, so the salad can be served warm. Adapted from June 2009 Bon Appetit. Ingredients: one pound of [...]

bison burgers with cabernet caramelized onions

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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New blog design, new burger recipe. This one was adapted from an article in February 2009 Gourmet, featuring 100+ ways to eat green. I’ve always liked bison, not because I knew it was environmentally friendly, but because I’ve heard it has the same high-protein and low-fat nutrition stats as a boneless skinless chicken [...]

morton’s crab cakes

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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Last Christmas, A and I went to Pittsburgh to visit his family. This was back before he was in grad school, and we were fortunate enough to have 2 incomes and could afford to take his parents and brother out for a nice dinner at one of our favorite (if somewhat generic) steakhouses, Morton’s. [...]

horseradish crusted roast beef

Saturday, December 27, 2008

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This isn’t what I had for Christmas dinner this year, but if I wasn’t busy having the world’s most perfect Christmas dinner (an updated version of the classic Italian 7 Fishes dinner - instead of smelts and octopus and other dried salted versions of fish, try broiled lobster tails, crab cakes, crab legs, fried prawns… [...]

steak with whiskey mustard sauce

Friday, November 14, 2008

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This is absolutely amazing steak sauce. I’d say you have to try it, but I think I could get sued - it requires you to light the alcohol in the pan, and I don’t want to be responsible for what happens. I have a pitiful range hood with a built-in microwave, so it’s [...]

football food: creamy spinach artichoke dip

Monday, October 20, 2008

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A and I don’t really have “date night” since he’s in grad school, but we do have “date football” on Sunday afternoons. If both our teams (Panthers & Steelers) are on at the same time, we bring the second TV down from the bedroom and set both up side by side. We’ll make [...]

cheesy baked penne with cauliflower and creme fraiche

Monday, October 13, 2008

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The full page photo of this dish in October’s Bon Appetit pulled me in - I’m always a sucker for a new mac-and-cheese recipe. This proved to be the most complicated m&c dish I’ve ever attempted, but also the richest and most flavorful. The different cheeses are all pricey though, so it won’t [...]

not boring turkey again: open-face ham, cheddar & apple butter sandwiches

Friday, September 19, 2008

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I have turkey sandwiches so often they’ve started to depress me. I know the numbers (how many calories and how much protein - so I know I’m getting what I need for an upcoming swim or whatever), but that also means I know exactly how it’s going to taste. And after a while, [...]

prosciutto-wrapped apsaragus with lemon-dijon vinaigrette

Saturday, April 12, 2008

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In this month’s issue of Food & Wine, there’s an article featuring Mario Batali and his favorite ways to grill “italian-style”. The original recipe calls for pancetta and an orange-based citronette, but I modified it somewhat by using a simpler lemon and dijon sauce and by using prosciutto in place of pancetta. This [...]