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Christmas Goose
I’d never cooked a goose before, but figured it would be a lot like cooking a duck – it is, but with a couple of caveats: Duck is fatty enough – and the fat is well distributed enough – that it’s pretty hard to dry it out. Goose probably produces more fat when you cook [...]
Salt Cod is Usually Delicious
I’m a big salt cod proponent – it’s semi-cheap (once you factor in how you’re not paying for the water), much tastier than normal fish because the drying process concentrates the flavors, and it keeps forever. So, this recipe seemed like it would be a simple, pleasant success. It wasn’t a train wreck, but… This [...]
“Man needs food like a goat needs a monkey” – Brillat-Savarin
Some people think this somewhat cryptic statement of B-S’s would have made more sense the other way around. What’s the monkey holding though? Too small to be an orange – a lemon? Clementine? Apricot, maybe?
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