I am so busy working on articles that I am just posting a few recent food shots of dishes and meals I’ve enjoyed lately. I cannot seem to get the formatting right (still learning on my new site!), so have made sure all have captions, to help decipher. First, here is a gorgeous stuffed, roasted … Continue reading
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Sausages & Grapes
I did get a little ahead of the cool weather when I made this dish a couple weeks ago. But I’d been to Mallery’s Grazin’ Meats and brought home both sweet and hot Italian Sausage. And I had these amazingly flavorful Thomcord grapes from Trader Joe’s. It’s been years since I’ve enjoyed seedless grapes, as … Continue reading
Amish Chop
Sometimes I just love a stuffed pork chop. I had bought a couple last spring at the Amish Market (check for coupons!) in Kingston), and one was still in my freezer, waiting to be cooked. I know their meat makes no claims about how it’s raised; what can I say, a weak moment when I was there primarily to pick up … Continue reading
Mallery’s Grazin’ Meats
The crowds were thick at opening day today for Mallery’s Grazin’ Meats. Mark and Lynne Faille, owners of Simply Grazin’ Organic Farm in Skillman, have taken over the space in the little mall near the intersection of Routes 518 and 601 (Blawenburg), that I last visited as a gelato shop. I’ve long enjoyed Simply Grazin’ … Continue reading
Carnitas
I keep trying shortcut ways to make Mexican carnitas, but they just don’t work. In this case I used 2-inch pork cubes and baked them at 250° for 1 ½ hours, as one (of my many) recipes advised. (before the heat wave!). Although the meat was not too lean a cut, and did not appear … Continue reading