A Hungry Bear

stir fry bok choy with ginger and garlic

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

You might have noticed the greens peeking out under the steak I posted yesterday. They were a perfect complement to the steak, since it lent some extra ginger garlic sauce for dipping the meat into. This dish could also work with a little rice and maybe some simple grilled salmon. I found [...]

pork chops with tomato-peach compote

Monday, July 20, 2009

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This is a really quick and easy way to use up some of the local fresh peaches, heirloom tomatoes and vidalia onions in abundance right now (there’s only so much peach cobbler a girl can eat, even for me). I made it with braised collards and kale - it was a southern meal, with [...]

spicy peach chicken wings

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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I found this recipe in Gourmet a couple months ago, even before I started getting pounds of peaches in our weekly produce delivery. I would never have thought peaches and wings could go together, but they definitely do. The peach preserves give a sweet coating to the wings that caramelizes under the broiler, [...]

thai barbecue ribs

Thursday, May 28, 2009

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Food & Wine did a huge spread this month on thai dishes from a restaurant called Pok Pok, in Portland. I was so excited to see it - I actually ate here last year with several coworkers. I remember thinking it was quite possibly better than 99% of the meals I’ve had in [...]