Vic gave me a copy of The Tra Vigne Cookbook from the Napa Valley restaurant of the same name some years ago. Two recipes captured me immediately — Forever Roasted Pork, and Mozzarella Martinis. The pork recipe can be made any time of the year, but the Mozzarella Martinis are best left to [...]
Vic and I are fortunate to have our very own personal chef to share the cooking duties in our home several days a week. Pranee Townsend, Vic’s mom, lives with us and keeps us well fed on her extensive repertoire of Thai and Chinese cuisine. She even delights us occasionally with her fusion creations such [...]
Pork Chops Stuffed with Dried Apples and Cranberries, Gorgonzola, Sage & Braised in Cider with Caramelized Onions and Apples
It’s the last week of October and we have both feet firmly planted in the fall. Apples and other fall fruits are dripping off the trees. It’s time to braise some comfort food in apple cider, [...]
“Crater Lake: overwhelmingly yet sublimely beautiful. Moody. At times brilliantly blue, ominously somber; at other times buried in a mass of brooding clouds. The lake is magical, enchanting – a remnant of fiery times, a reflector of its adjacent forested slopes, a product of Nature’s grand design.
Few places on earth command overwhelming awe from observers, [...]
If you listen, read or watch the news all you’ll hear about pork is the wheeling and dealing that goes on in Washington to get legislation passed. For me The Food Chanel, cookbooks and cooking magazines are preferable. Here you’ll find the real thing – pork as a flavorful protein.
Pork has frequently been a controversial [...]
