A Hungry Bear

summer vegetables with chili garlic sauce and deep-fried tofu

Thursday, September 3, 2009

I know this post is a pretty big departure from the normal meat and potatoes (or meat and pasta) focus of my usual recipes. For whatever reason, maybe some residual effect of seeing Food Inc, I’ve just felt a little more conscious of our meat consumption lately. Nothing extreme, just realizing that I [...]

southern fried okra

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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When I was growing up, I used to spend weeks with my grandparents, who live out in the country near the Pee-Dee River in NC. They grew almost all of their own food, and despite my Gramma’s attempt to cook healthier, my Pa-Pa always wanted his vegetables fried. These days, I take after [...]

kohlrabi fritters

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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Kohlrabi is apparently doing really well in Georgia this year. So well that my CSA delivery has included at least one huge kohlrabi every week for the past 5 weeks… I’ve found a lot of recipes for kohlrabi online, and a lot of them are good looking coleslaw style recipes. But for [...]

fried smashed potatoes

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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This is my punishment for sandbagging I guess. I have been meaning to blog about these amazing potatoes for a while, and am only getting around to it now… the week that we’ve sworn off anything but meat and salads for dinner. Just seeing these pictures - fried salty carbs - makes me [...]

best fried chicken in the universe

Sunday, September 14, 2008

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The September 2008 Bon Appetit is shaping up to be the best cookbook I’ve ever purchased - what is this, my 6th recipe from that issue, and counting? They featured Thomas Keller’s recipe for fried chicken, and the pictures of all these kids eating drumsticks had me thinking, I’ve got to try this. [...]

beer battered fried shrimp

Friday, July 4, 2008

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I never knew fried shrimp could be so easy… How have I not been making this for so many years? A actually didn’t stop talking about these shrimp for 2 days - literally, each batch was gone after 5 minutes, and none ever made it to our plates. Next time I’ll double [...]

memorial day cookout: my favorite borrowed recipes

Monday, May 26, 2008

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I’ll take any excuse to grill burgers, and memorial day is no exception. I found several recipes from my favorite new food blogs, and decided to spice up my cookout routine - I’m so glad I did. The blue cheese and bacon potato salad is from the latest issue of Martha (which I [...]