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Extreme Grilling: Go whole hog
Filed under: Asia, Pork, Caribbean, Did you know?, Islands, America, Italy, Slow cooking, Head to Tail 
As I wrote several weeks ago, a pig pickin' is a North Carolina tradition involving a pig, a converted petroleum drum cooker, a bunch of charcoal and a whole lot of time. But a pig pickin' is not the only way to cook a whole hog - cultures across the world have been spit roasting, grilling and burying pigs in hot ash for thousands of years. In many places, pork is the cheapest meal available, making pig roasts an affordable way...
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Crockery Cookery, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Books, Slow cooking, Cookbook of the Day  I am a big fan of cooking in a slow cooker. I mentioned in this post that I have four slow cookers in graduated sizes for when I want to cook a little bit or a lot. I love that I can pop something into the pot and set it to cook overnight while I sleep (I often do this with chicken stock or a turkey breast).
I love this little cookbook called Crockery Cookery (there's something very pleasant about saying that out loud), written by Mable Hoffman. It was first...
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St. Patrick's Day: Boiled Smoked Pork Shoulder & Vegetables
Filed under: Vegetables, Recipes, Pork, Boiling, Comfort Food, Cooking Live with Slashfood, Slow cooking, Meat, St. Patrick's Day 
The other day I posed the question, "Corned Beef or Smoked Pork Shoulder for dinner?" Then we made Corned Beef and Cabbage. Today it's time for my Boiled Smoked Pork Shoulder and Vegetables recipe.
Boiled Smoked Pork Shoulder and Vegetables
1- 7 to 9 lb. Smoked Pork Shoulder
1 Cabbage
1 Rutabaga (Sometimes called Yellow Turnip or Horse Turnip)
1-2 lbs. of Carrots
2-3 lbs. of Potatoes (Plain White, Yukon Gold, Fingerlings, Peruvian Purple- whatever...
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St. Patricks Day: Corned Beef & Cabbage recipe
Filed under: Vegetables, Beef, Recipes, Boiling, Comfort Food, Cooking Live with Slashfood, Slow cooking, Meat, St. Patrick's Day 
Yesterday I asked the question, "Corned Beef or Smoked Pork Shoulder for dinner?" and now I have an easy recipe for a St. Paddy's Day feast of a Boiled corned Beef and Vegetables dinner. Tomorrow I'll have the same for the Boiled Smoked Pork Shoulder dinner.
So get yourself out to the store and grab some meat and veggies, they should be on sale and if you hunt around you can put together a feast for your...
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An offaly good dinner at the Astor Center
Filed under: Tastings, Parties, Wine, Beef, Pork, Frying, Raves & Reviews, Trends, Roasting, Slow cooking, Braising, Meat, Artisan Foods, Head to Tail  Not long ago I posted about an event at the Astor Center in NYC, the annual Head to Tail Dinner put on by Chris Cosentino of Incanto restaurant in San Francisco. I was lucky enough to attend and want to tell you all about it. We'll go behind the scenes in the kitchen before, and just prior to the meal; and follow all the way through...
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Check out the Astor Center for an Offal Good Time
Filed under: Tastings, Parties, Wine, Beer, East Coast, The Best ... in All of New York, Cocktails, Did you know?, Spirits, Slow cooking, Festivals, Celebrities, Artisan Foods  I just have to tell all you Slashfoodies about the new Astor Center in New York City. Some of you may have heard me mention one of my favorite shops, Astor Wine & Spirits before; like when I reviewed St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur. When I lived in NY I stopped by there on a weekly basis, now it's more like 6...
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Alice Waters: The Art of Simple Food
Filed under: Books, Slow cooking, Local Eating  Waters' cookbook, The Art of Simple Food, is a fantastic introduction to the slow food movement.
The movement was founded in the late 1980s by a group of people who wanted to bring back local food traditions that had taken a backseat to technology as our lifestyles picked up speed and changed course. Slow Food International, the non-profit, member-supported group that popularized the idea, does not pretend to have discovered a revolutionary idea. Instead, it reiterates principles that people in places like Italy and France have lived by for thousands of years: celebrating biodiversity in our food supply, utilizing local...
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Super Bowl Week: Slow Cooker Chili, step by step
Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Vegetables, Nuts/seeds, Beef, Poultry, Cheese, Recipes, Pork, How To, America, Comfort Food, Slow cooking, Meat, Vegetarian/Vegan, Super Bowl XLII 
Though there are a a lot of different things for Super Bowl parties, there are a few that will, without a doubt, make an appearance at every Super Bowl party this weekend -- beer to drink, tortilla chips and salsa for snacking, and as a "main" dish, some sort of...
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Super Bowl Week: How can you NOT have football-shaped crock pots and grills?
Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Beef, Grilling, New Products, America, Comfort Food, Slow cooking, Meat, Super Bowl XLII 
Really, how can you not? How can you not serve piping hot chili out of a football-shaped crock pot and sling burgers on a football-shaped grill at your Super Bowl party? If you're going to go so far as donning a $100 apron in your tea's colors, you may as well go all out!
The Pro Pots slow cooker has three settings, but don't...
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Recipe Girl is getting ready for Super Bowl with Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Vegetables, Recipes, Pork, How To, Southern States, Condiments, America, Comfort Food, Slow cooking, Braising, Meat 
We're being a little lazy this Sunday afternoon because we're anxiously watching the two conference championship games on TV, but that hasn't stopped us from doing the research we need to do to get ready for THE Sunday afternoon of pro football, the Super Bowl.
Yes, the Super Bowl is two weeks away, and we're trying to...
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