They say you can’t get an authentic Cubano sandwich outside Miami and I tend to believe it. Ingredients can be extremely local. I can’t image a true lobster roll, for instance, without a top-cut bun, and top-cut buns aren’t available outside certain areas of New England. Still, we continuously try to duplicate the flavors, the […]
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“Choucroute” is simply French for sauerkraut. But it has also come to mean a dish marrying sauerkraut with some of our favorite pork products, such as garlic sausage, bacon, pig’s knuckle or hock. I’ve been looking forward to having friends over to sample some of my homemade kraut and Kielbasa sausages. But this is a […]
For weeks I’ve been planning on a choucroute garnie with some homemeade sauerkraut that’s been waiting in the fridge since almost a year ago. Yesterday I made the trek to Eastern Market on Capitol Hill for the pork part of the garnie and was suddenly overcome with a sinking feeling as I stood at my […]
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