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Pizza with Prosciutto and Brussels Sprouts - quick two hour dough with tipo 00 flour and some olive oil. Tomato sauce made from tomato passata with garlic quickly cooked down to the right consistency. Pizza topped with thinly sliced brussels sprouts, fresno chile, mozzarella and parmesan and after cooking in the oven with some prosciutto and olive oil

Started my journey today! Rental car is packed to the gills (though I would say about half is being unloaded at Ruth’s 😂)

I love thatidea too. That dish looked really good!

Late Lunch Leftovers: Yesterday I poached some chicken thighs. A couple-three days before I made a vegetable and broken spaghetti soup. Today I put some thighs together with the soup, adjusted the seasoning, and made a light but filling chicken-veggie-noodle bowl. Five minutes to put together.

I continue to use my Paragon daily. However last week I ran into a problem. After five and a half years of faithful service the temperature sensor in the mat seems to have malfunctioned. I was cooking pancakes at 375F with the mat on rapid precise. The readout never reached much above 240F, but the pan was clearly hotter than 375F. I ran to the living room and retrieved a new mat from one of my two unopened spares. Today's pancakes were perfect. All the other parts of my original Paragon are still going strong.

Yesterday we had a ham dinner. No occasion, just that Charlie said a few days ago that he'd like to have ham sometime soon. A couple days ago, Walmart had some Frick's bone in ham and they are always good City hams and cheap too so that is what we had. Today we went to an Italian restaurant in Overland Park for lunch then went to the Korean market in the same mall and got stuff for dinner tonight. Charlie got some side dishes: a tofu dish called dubujolim, japchae, fishcake, kimche, and some other stuff not for dinner tonight. I got some thin sliced pork shoulder, bok choy, snap peas, shitake mushrooms and rice. I made bulgogi with the pork and cooked the vegetables separately in sesame oil and salt and pepper, then combined them to heat through and served in one bowl. We had so much food that we each needed two plates for everything.

Fennel braised salmon and Berber spice seasoned potatoes.

Poached Chicken Thighs: These'll be used in some subsequent meals ... added to the recently made veggie-spaghetti soup, a rice dish with veggies, might even make a chicken salad. The broth will be used as a base for various dishes. I'll cook and mash up some Yukon Golds with it, freeze some for later ...

And suddenly they are open! My favourite is this coral one, I just love the colour.

you bet. and this item went up by the same amount in three local supermarkets.

That gets pretty much anything off! I used to do that all the time with pans that had a lot of polymerized oil around the slope of the fry pan.

Hi! We are coming from AR too. From Little Rock. Looking forward to meeting you.

Put in some water with a generous amount of baking soda. Let it simmer for it a while and it should come right off.

How can I get baked on curry out of the bottom of my Le Creuset? (Don't ask.)

Batch 41: 90g blanched Spanish almonds 90g apricot kernels 350g water 280g sugar 60ml Wray & Nephew Overproof As prophesied I went back to the hotel pan for mixing.

not a single item in inventory cost has increased 'by tariffs' your store/the company is ripping you off.

cast iron and carbon steel pans require time to properly 'season' cast iron needs about 2x of carbon steel. fry/high temp cook fatty stuff in the pan for a minimum of 20 'events' before judging 'non-stick' they will never ever be "ala Teflon" - but they get so close as to be an entirely acceptable alternative.

@KennethT Yes. much more interesting flavor than red. not easy to come by. TJ's has a mix , mostly green a while ago , which they of course D/C'd. I still have 3 unopened jars. so I looked on line , and got the Sonoran. have not tasted it yet. Will use up the TJ's first.

Green chilli flakes? I don't think I've ever seen that. I also didn't realize it was possible - I figured the green chillies would turn red while sitting out in the drying process.

Grilled Australian lamb rack (thank you! Costco). With cold white beans Med-style.

Check Home Goods & TJ Max. I’ve found them on clearance for under $10 ea. Regular price is $12-16 depending on which pan. I have several of them.

II love (covet) the individual AllClad vessels!

That book is huge. i brought it to last years workshop. I drove to last years workshop and I had to get a new shock absorber on the wheel where it was packed….there is no way I’m packing that in my suitcase…..

I suppose this is Happy Mother’s Day brunch 🤷‍♀️. ”John’s” Special, roasted breakfast potatoes, sourdough toast, Prosecco and berries. John’s special is my mom’s husband’s take on Joe’s Special in SF. He used Italian sausage instead of hamburger. And it’s more frittata like instead of a scramble.

Maybe start cooking with the pan by doing shallow fry in oil. For my first efforts with my new carbon steel pan I made some vegetable fritters and then some shrimp cakes and it was a breeze. I haven't cooked eggs in it yet because making two eggs in a 12 inch pan seems silly, One of the surprise bonuses of the pan is that I get to watch my husband swoon over it. Wife number 2: never cranky!