Bacon sauce on Farfalle

This is a very effective, easy, inexpensive and delicious dish. The combination of crumbled bacon, creamy sauce and starchy farfalle makes a great, reasonably quick, lunch or dinner. Lay the bacon, two or more pieces per serving, on a baking sheet and put in the oven...

Crusty, rustic white bread

This is based on the Overnight White in Ken Forkish’s Flour Water Salt Yeast. 500g flour 380g water (@120f) Mix by hand and let rest for 30 minutes. Sprinkle 11g salt and .4g yeast and fold by hand, mixing with a pincer-grasp separation and then lifting and...

French Fries at Home

French fries are fantastic. I like a crispy crust and a soft center – a perfect vehicle for ketchup. I like to add some sriracha to a bit of ketchup for a spicy option, and I’m not afraid to admit that I enjoy BBQ sauce, even as a dipping condiment. The...

Real Waffle Iron

I don’t care for wet bread – pancakes, bread pudding, stuffing – not my thing. I DO like crispy bread stuff, waffles at the top of the list as far as breakfast choices go, but I haven’t wanted to add yet another bulky item to my kitchen. Then I...

Ice Cream Toast

The only thing to know about ice cream toast is that it requires vanilla sugar. To make vanilla sugar slice a vanilla bean lengthwise, scrape the seeds with the back of a spoon and mix well with good quality sugar. The beans will be sticky and hard to incorporate...

Cheesy Jalapeno Cornbread

I really need to figure out a good cornbread from corn flour recipe – it’s getting embarrassing that I use a Jiffy box – but I employ this recipe so seldom that it does make sense to just get a $0.69 box rather than keep masa in the back of my...