03 Apr 2015 11 Comments
in Pork, Recipes Tags: Bill Buford, Carrera marble, Colonnata, Italian cooking, Italy, lardo, Mario Batali, salumi, Tails & Trotters
In one of my fancy meat shipments several months back, I received three large packages of hazelnut-fed pork fatback from some folks called Tails & Trotters in the Northwest.
I couldn’t remember if I actually ordered them or not, my purveyor friend sometimes throws in bonus items I didn’t order.
Fatback, for those not in the know, contains very little to no meat. It other words, it’s pure fat. Silky, white, glorious fat. More
15 Jun 2012 7 Comments
in Observations, Starlets, Yoga Students & Quinoa (stories) Tags: bone marrow, carnitas, food, lardo, octopus, oysters, sea urchin, squid, wild mushrooms
My friend-I’ve-never-met, Ben, was commenting on my recent post about tiny tasty fishes that he had a favorite bar where he ate fried smelt like french fries. And best of all, his wife didn’t steal them. Now there was an idea for a blog post, I thought self-servingly.
Silky lardo from Boccalone in San Francisco
In a follow up comment, Ben also confided that his wife will not share foie gras, roasted bone marrow, very runny cheeses, cheesecake and sushi maki-rolls made out of mackerel or salmon skin. Lucky Ben. This got me thinking about some of the things my own wife will not eat — especially those that I order with that knowledge in mind (i.e. I will get to eat all of it and not have to share.) More
27 Jan 2011 16 Comments
in Cooking Tips, Pork, Recipes, Video Tags: chanterelles, forno bravo, lardo, mozzerella, naples, pizza, tomato
Lately I’ve been contemplating getting a wood-burning pizza oven. Our friends have a beautiful built-in outside and they invite me over to cook in it sometimes, and I get oven envy and mope for days. I found a very nifty pre-made one from Italy online (fornobravo.com), and my wife and I are currently in negotiations… Anyway… More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 