This past week my site sponsor Foodbuzz sent me a couple Bauducco Panettones to try out and write about. I’ve seen panettone’s at a number of Italian restaurants but had never tried it. Taking it out of the box and cutting it up to make bread pudding, I discovered the consistency of […]
Cooking With Dan
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As many of you know, besides doing restaurant reviews I also cook (as seen by the recipes I’ve posted here) as well as grow some of my own vegetables. The hardest part about growing your own veggies is figuring out what to do with them, especially when they all decide […]
For the past year I’ve read a number of forum posts and blog posts from many people that use BBQ Smokers, one particular topic stood out, building their own smoker. Although I’ve been very happy with the side box smoker that I purchased over a year ago, I’ve wanted to […]
As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program I was tasked with creating a meal that would feature or go well with any one of New Belgium Brewing Companies’ fine beers. I looked through my stack of recipes I have filed and thought that some type of pot roast would be […]
Last week was my birthday, I celebrated it as any american male would, by cooking large amounts of meat for others to enjoy! The cooking included slaving over my side box smoker for 10 hours smoking a 5 1/2 pound beef brisket that I procured from El Toro Gourmet Meats. […]
I’ve been meaning to get to this all week but my day job has been hectic. Here is a round-up of our Thanksgiving for 2010. For Thanksgiving we went to my in-laws, turkey and ham where on the menu. We took it upon ourselves to make a completely from scratch […]
I saw this great sounding carnitas recipe from Kenji on Serious Eats awhile ago. Carnitas are one of my favorite types of meats to order when I’m having Mexican, and I have wanted to take a stab at making it myself. One of my main issues with cooking carnitas in […]
So last week, Mrs. DanGarion and I cooked up some Tri-Tip for fajitas. The recipe I used was adapted by the Serious Eats crew from the Robb Walsh book Tex-Mex Grill and Backyard Barbacoa Cookbook. Along with the tri-tip, I roasted up home-grown veggies from our garden, and whipped up […]