10 Jul 2015 5 Comments
in On the Road, Video Tags: Adirondacks, Big Wolf Pond, fishing, food, humor, Lake Placid, New York, tagliatelle, Tupper Lake, wild mushrooms
It was our fifth night at the Buck Summerhill Camp in Big Wolf. And they were sick of my cooking, I could tell.
“We’re going to have a fridge tilt tonight!” Nancy announced, explaining the camp tradition of a big dinner to clear out leftovers and uneaten stuff. “So you can have a night off.”
I imagined them whispering in the bedroom:
Nancy: “Can you possibly choke down another of his ‘gourmet’ dinners??” More
12 Sep 2014 21 Comments
in Food, Humor, Pork Tags: black truffle, Iberico bellota pork, King Arthur flour, Nijiya Market, Perigord, Snake River Farms, tagliatelle
It was while browsing the produce aisle at my favorite Japanese market that I saw it — in a plastic container, settled on a bed of rice, a knobby black Perigord truffle.
Truffle-smothered Iberico pork shoulder steak
I picked it up and regarded it enviously. The price was $34, which for a truffle slightly smaller than a tennis ball seemed surprisingly reasonable. But it was more than I felt like spending, so I continued on to the fresh seafood section. But while I shopped for hamachi and albacore, my mind kept returning to the truffle. When I picked it up, I’d been hit by the unique perfume that told me this was a summer French truffle rather than a fall Oregon truffle. There is no other smell on earth like it. More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 