In honor of St. Patrick’s day, our food appreciation classes made a quick detour to Ireland where we hoped to pick up a bit o’ luck with a pot of braised cabbage. Understand, this is a dish some kids will turn up their noses at. Others love it. Personally, I think braised cabbage is pure […]
Update: My recipe for braising green beans was tweeted by Chicago Sun Times tech columnist Andy Ihnatko, who has more than 25,000 Twitter followers. His tweet was republished by Sun Times movie critic Roger Ebert, who has nearly 15,000 Twitter fans. Lesson: Make tasty green beans and people will find you. Back to the original […]
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Some braised meat dishes are so rich they take your breath away. I place oxtails in that category. Richness dictates smaller portion sizes, which fits oxtail perfectly since this is one piece of meat that is mostly bone. Oxtail belongs to that group of odd bits that butchers in a bygone era would practically give away. […]
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