I found two really great bits of health/food information lately that I recommend catching and wanted to share First up: The Splendid Table had a bit on willpower. Not willpower, the fuzzy metaphysical concept; no, willpower the expenditure of mental energy to delay gratification, make good decisions, or otherwise act in a responsible manner. And [...]
Author Archives: Matt Good
Banh Mi Sammiches
January 8, 2012 – 12:50 am
Thrown together from a combination of: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2010/01/pork_meatball_banh_mi and http://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/view?recipeID=216 The quick-pickled carrots, radishes, and cucumbers were pretty awesome. They had some serious FUNK to them, and I was a bit worried they’d be nasty. But they were actually fantastic. The lime in the picture is totally superfluous, by the way. We didn’t even use it. [...]
My Recipe for “Chicken” as a Four-Year-Old
November 26, 2011 – 5:04 pm
When I was four years old, I used to watch Jeff Smith on PBS cook. I guess I fancied myself something of a chef, so one day, while sitting on the toilet, I came up with the following recipe for chicken, and yelled it from the bathroom to my mom, who was dictating frantically: It [...]
Pho
March 30, 2011 – 1:30 am
From a while back. Used the delicious pork stock made from some pork rib bones. Fantastic. Rooster sauce!
ATK Oven-BBQ’d Ribs
March 30, 2011 – 1:24 am
After botching some grilled ribs (note to self: buy a grill thermometer), I decided to try the America’s Test Kitchen Over-Barbecued Spareribs (lame paywall). A bit fussy – like a lot of ATK recipes. But it works well. Grooooood ribs. I think I was using babyback, rather than spare (because that’s what was on sale). [...]
Quick ‘n’ Dirty Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
March 30, 2011 – 12:11 am
The day Kristin, her parents, and I moved all our junk into our apartment in North Carolina, we ended up sweaty, tired, and hungry. Around that time, Kristin and I remembered that it was in fact our wedding anniversary. We needed some kind of tasty, relaxing dinner, for sure. We ended up at The Pit [...]
NC Steak Frites
March 18, 2011 – 11:40 pm
You will nevermind, please, the intense mess behind the food. And the fact that we’re always eating on TV trays. Dinner time is about the only time Kristin can take a break from school work to relax and watch some tube, so no judging, okays? Steak, sweet potato “frites,” frisee salad w/ homemade vinaigrette, a [...]
Tuna, Celery Root, and Vegetables
February 16, 2011 – 11:22 pm
Celery root Dijon salad thing (one of the few times recipes packaged with ingredients actually seemed worthwhile), roast Yukon Gold potatoes, zucchini, and Japanese eggplant. Oh yeah, and a pretty well-cooked tuna steak.
Hollandaise, Fools
January 29, 2011 – 4:05 pm
I still kind of suck at poaching eggs. I’ve seen lots of people say that your water should be around 160-180 F when poaching eggs, but I’m starting to think this is too low. I did them at 170F today, for 3:30 minutes or so, and the yolks were okay, but the whites were less [...]
Black Eyed Peas
January 23, 2011 – 12:39 am
As I said in my post about pork stock, the basic recipe I was using to make my black eyed peas wasn’t much of a recipe at all – it was more like a sentence: “Oil, Cajun trinity, andouille sausage, garlic, salt pepper, bay leaf, ham hocks, a bag o’ peas, some stock, cook for [...]
