by Brian | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
For the Super Bowl, we did have guacamole and chips but passed on the nachos. We had duck confit in our kitchen and Suzi wanted to go upscale: quesadillas filled with that duck, two kinds of cheese, caramelized onions, and a dash of hot pepper relish. This was...
by Brian | Dec 17, 2018 | Recipes
Duck. Duck does NOT taste like chicken. Thank God. But you can make the non-chicken impression even stronger by taking the duck, rich unto itself, and making it yet richer. The technique here is to apply a sauce of black cherries with port. Both cherries themselves...
by Brian | Dec 13, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
Tis the season for hearty food. Richly hearty. From three years ago, here is what happens when you combine risotto, mushrooms, and duck! This dish is typical of the treasures in Artisanal Cooking by Terrance Brennan. For the holidays, this is a book to be consulted,...
by Brian | Mar 28, 2018 | Recipes
This recipe has three things I love: heat, duck and Indian style. It’s from the marvelous The Indian Cooking Course by Monisha Bharadwaj. If you are interested in learning the deepest spicy details of Indian cooking, then I cannot recommend a better avenue to learn....
by Brian | Jan 18, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
Look at those duck breasts. They scream, “Eat me!” And so Suzi and I do. Duck is a favorite of ours, in part because it does NOT taste like chicken. At her cooking school, Cooking by the Book, Suzi has a bit of a challenge offering dishes. People come...