I made a most delicious frittata last night. I started by heating some good olive oil in my trusty cast iron pan, added a shallot, some onion, a zucchini, and some mushrooms, frying them together with a little smoked paprika, salt and pepper. I broke… Read More
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How to make Patychky
I’ve published this before, back on the old blog, but I still get requests so I’m going to publish it again. When I was growing up we just called them “meat sticks”. They are a tremendously tasty holiday treat. For all my vegetarian and vegan… Read More
Try This Today
Ok, so you want to make some insanely delicious holiday goodies but you’re not an accomplished baker and you don’t have much time…try this today. You will need: 1 box of Ritz crackers (regular sized box, regular Ritz) 1 can of sweetened condensed milk 1… Read More
Pierogi
I made a big batch of pierogi this evening, close to 100 of them. They take me a long time to make so when I do it, I like to make quite a few. I freeze them in bags of a dozen, uncooked. The trick… Read More
Eating Wild Mushrooms
Let’s be clear. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m suggesting you go out and pick yourself a bunch of wild mushrooms, compare them to photos of mushrooms I have posted as edibles, and eat them. Here’s the thing. It isn’t too difficult to learn to… Read More
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Dinner at the Anchovy’s
I started another page for this blog, called Dinner at the Anchovy’s. I made this page to keep track of good things to eat here at Anchovy World Headquarters. I started with tonight’s dinner, a version of the bbq vegetable soup we’ve made a few… Read More
A Beautiful Day to BBQ
Fantastic weather today – sunny and almost warm – a perfect day for yard work, and for bbq. I decided to make smoked turkey legs, and here’s how I go about it. First make a brine. I used water, loads of salt, some soy sauce… Read More