I love compound butters as a way to jazz up a meal. Thanksgiving is the perfect time to test that theory. If you think about it, you have a bunch of foods that normally would be the same thing year after year. Veggies tastes like, you know, veggies; mashed potatoes can be, well, boring; butter…

My younger daughter was reviewing a chocolate cookie recipe for me, and she explained her roommate was gluten-free. So I had to try again. I went on line and found this on “My-gluten Free Kitchen” by Michelle Palin; the results were so darn good that I’m putting this recipe out or my readers. Chocolate level:…

In an earlier episode on this blog, I wrote that I purchased a Z Grill smoker. I have used it for simple things, but this was my first large cook. To me, the most challenging cut of meat is a brisket. Temperature control is the most important on this cut, and room for error is…

This one is a little labor intensive but worth the results.  Who doesn’t like a crispy, spicy, sweet potato fry? Now, we start with air frying the sweet potato until just done.  Then we do a quick pan fry in duck fat to crisp the potatoes; that keeps the seasoning on the fries, not on…

Improvising while cooking is a good thing.  Sometimes it works, sometimes, well,  not so much.  Laziness can lead to success, like I’m missing an ingredient and say, “What do I do now? “ So we come to this recipe .  I was out of white sugar, so I had to decide between going to the…