19 Oct 2012
by scolgin
in Pork, Recipes
My kids will sometimes come home from school and dance around the kitchen, begging for popsicles. But what gets Dad jumping is not the refreshing fruitiness of a popsicle, but rather the crackly porkiness of a pigsicle!
Pigsicles
What is a pigsicle? Well, before you gag and reflex-close this blog, it is not a sweet, frozen pork juice confection. I just gave it the name “pigsicle” because it was catchy and I may include it in the barfood menu for my restaurant one day. Rather, it is skewered fatty jowl meat seasoned and crisped up on a very hot grill. A grown-up treat of the very highest order, to be sure. More
17 Jul 2012
by scolgin
in Pork, Recipes, Video
Tags: barbecue, Bastille Day, french cooking, grilling, salade Nicoise, Sonoma, steak au poivre, wine, Wine Guerrilla
If you’re going to spend an afternoon with a guerrilla, what better occasion than Bastille Day — a holiday celebrating the storming of a symbol of monarchal oppression by the common man.
The “guerrilla” we would spend Bastille Day with would not be a camouflaged, gun-toting, beret-crowned rebel, but rather our family wine, Wine Guerrilla — and my mother’s long-time partner, Bruce, producer of the wine and himself often referred to as, “The Wine Guerrilla.” More
06 Jul 2012
by scolgin
in Observations, Pork, Recipes
Tags: happy hour, Inn of the Seventh Ray, Pebbles, pork shoulder, salmon, Skinny Girls, summer, Topanga
A few nights ago, we had our first Skinny Girls & Mayonnaise live event. A happy hour party co-hosted at the children’s clothing store called “Pebbles” owned by our pals, Annie and Vince.
Come On, Be Happy! Hour co-host with polenta, sausage & salsa pomodoro
Now, you may reasonably point out that a children’s clothing store is not the most appropriate place for an alcohol-fueled feast. But actually, it fit in quite nicely with our philosophy about food and lifestyle. More
03 Jul 2012
by scolgin
in Pork, Recipes, World's Best Sandwiches
Tags: bacon, barbecue, BBQ, burgers, cooking, grill, marmalade, recipes, summer, Tabasco
There is a condiment unlike any other — a glistening concoction that will transform your burgers from fine to sublime, and that will have your summertime guests kneeling at your feet in reverence, O’ God of the Barbecue. And I will share it with you, here, now, just in time for the 4th!
Bacon onion marmalade
This is not a condiment for vegetarians or the tentative. I call it bacon onion marmalade. And it is the anecdote to mediocre summer burgers. You may even want to bring a little stash with you when someone invites you to their barbecue. More
25 May 2012
by scolgin
in Pork, Recipes
Tags: bar food, cooking, gastropub, hamburger, pig candy, popcorn, Pork, porkcorn, recipes
I was sitting at one of the many new gastropubs that seem to pop up in Los Angeles every week, having lunch with my friend and sometime Skinny Girls sidekick, Greg. We browsed the brews and burgers, trying to narrow our choices, when we noticed “Pig Candy” on the menu.
Skinny Girls porkcorn & a pale ale
“What do you suppose that is?” I pondered.
“Something sweet and salty and fatty and crunchy,” Greg replied.
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