Entries Tagged as 'pork'

new year’s eve bruschetta

January 7th, 2010 · 2,222 Comments

i made a fair few things new year’s eve, but two of them in particular were really wonderful. this, a bruschetta made from a whole wheat la brea baguette with a gremolata of parsley, lemon zest, tuscan olive oil and garlic, topped with two paper thin slightly pan warmed slices of guanciale – was quite […]

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Tags: bread · pork

balthazar’s braised beef ribs

November 11th, 2009 · 2,782 Comments

  has it been 7 weeks? my god, how have you been? and look, you’ve come back to see me, even after all this time. i am both grateful and humbled and i have A LOT to tell you. but i’m going to take it one post at a time so as not to bombard […]

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Tags: beef · pork

shrimp and guanciale

August 31st, 2009 · 3,412 Comments

heirloom tomato, zucchini, grilled louisiana shrimp, guanciale and torn basil with sauteed arugula global cooling. or at least it feels that way. the weather here in nashville is struggling to hit 80, and that pretty much means that it’s just plain glorious. temperate and sunny, this including the days just past and the rest of […]

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Tags: pork · seafood · vegetables

capping off a bohemian loaf

June 20th, 2009 · 24 Comments

poached egg sitting on a caesar salad with bottarga… grilled fresh mozzarella with crisped speck and basil…

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Tags: bread · cheese · eggs · pork · salad

sweet potato with king oyster mushrooms, guanciale and a poached egg

November 14th, 2008 · 27 Comments

i realize the name of this dish probably sounds a bit random and that the picture is not helping. but let me explain…

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Tags: eggs · mushrooms · pork · potatoes

yellow eye beans with sweet potato and benton’s bacon

May 1st, 2008 · 63 Comments

…and a pork chop.  but in this instance, who cares?  not me, that’s who.  it was a run-of-the-mill chop from ‘the fresh market’, and personally, i can always take or leave these kind of pork chops.  cary’s a fan, so i pick some up on occasion.  but those beans?  you’d have to fight me for those beans..  […]

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Tags: bacon · beans · pork

quite the belly…

March 25th, 2008 · 1,737 Comments

i know… i’ve been going on and on about this slab-o-pork for awhile now, haven’t i? but really, it all began just 2 weeks ago. well, that was the day the pork belly arrived. but by the time it landed at my door i had already spent some time deciding on how i would go […]

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