A Hungry Bear

gnocchi

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

I love going to Las Vegas for UFC fights. When I’m there, I usually try out a new steakhouse (in my ongoing quest to find the best steak in the world - an indulgent life goal). So far, I haven’t found a steak any better than Bone’s right here in Atlanta. But, the [...]

jamie oliver’s spaghetti tetrazzini

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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When I first purchased Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Italy, I seriously considered making every recipe in the book. I’m not sure why I slowed down with that quest, since I picked it back up again the other day and found another 10 things I want to cook right away. This particular recipe [...]

tuscan spare ribs

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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Our neighborhood Whole Foods carries a small selection of local pork. If they don’t have a certain cut of meat, I’ll find a way to adapt a pork recipe that I want to try. But recently, I had the opposite experience, going to WF and seeing a cut of meat I knew I [...]

chicken under a brick

Friday, August 14, 2009

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This looks like a pretty normal piece of roast chicken, right? But if you could bite into it, you’d notice it has crispier skin and is a lot juicier than normal. As usual, the Italians figured out a better way to cook something. In this case, it involves pressing a brick on [...]

pork chops saltimbocca

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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I know I’ve shared a stuffed pork chop with you before. And since this was stuffed with prosciutto and fontina too, I know I’m veering into dangerous repeat-post territory. But do you see that picture? How could you not want to know exactly how to make that crispy prosciutto crust, with gooey [...]

dinner with the marshes: sausage and pepper pasta

Monday, July 6, 2009

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Last month I had the good fortune to work a few days at the home office of my coworker and his wonderful family. I have heard about his sausage and caramelized bell pepper pasta before, and even attempted to make it once. But I was WAY off… And it wasn’t just the [...]

chicken eggplant cacciatore

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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Growing up, “cacciatore” basically meant stewed tomatoes and chicken. I never questioned its authenticity, I just knew it was boring veering on unappetizing. It wasn’t until I was searching for something to make with chicken thighs (the second healthiest cut of chicken next to chicken breast, and 1/3 the cost!) and eggplant when [...]

forget resolutions: eat more fettucine alfredo

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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Leave it to Marcella Hazan to finally clear it up for me: this famous pasta is actually called "all-Alfredo" after a restaurant owner in Rome. She simply calls it "cream and butter sauce" in her Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking.

butternut squash risotto

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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For regular readers of AHB, you may know there are a few things that I don’t really follow a recipe for (meatloaf, meatballs, bolognese, lasagna, etc), and that includes risotto. Once you know the main base, you don’t really pay attention to the full recipes. You start reading a recipe to see the [...]

jamie oliver’s rotolo of spinach, squash and ricotta

Sunday, November 16, 2008

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According to Jamie Oliver, he was discovered with this stuffed, rolled pasta dish called a rotolo (someone important saw him making it, and his TV chef career began). It’s actually less labor-intensive than ravioli, since you are basically working with one giant stuffed piece of pasta instead of 30+. And if you really [...]