Posted by slowfoodiebear on February 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Pork is my favorite meat, and pork chops might be my favorite cut of the animal. There’s the perfect, meaty loin section along the the top of the rib and the the luscious, fatty layer surrounding it. Depending on where on the ribs the chop was cut, you can also get some of the baby … Continue reading →
Category Charlottesville, Daily Food, Main Dish, meat, Paleo, pork, veggies · Tagged with cabbage, fat, JM Stock Provisions, meat, mustard, Paleo, pork, saute, vinegar
Posted by slowfoodiebear on February 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment
On the rare occasion that I plan my meals ahead and prepare extra for the coming week, I might come up with a meal like the following: Tomato Ragu with Ground Beef in Ramekins It is essentially ground beef and sauteed tomatoes, with added herbs, vegetables and tomato sauce. I’m calling it a ragu in … Continue reading →
Category beef, Foods from the Past, herbs, meat, Paleo, tomato, veggies · Tagged with Italian food, ragu, ramekins, tomato, vegetables
Posted by slowfoodiebear on November 5, 2013 · 2 Comments
I’ve posted before about Ace Biscuit and Barbecue and their wonderful food and the funky vibe, but it wasn’t until this morning* that it struck me how special of a restaurant it is, especially in the larger scheme of American restaurants and American food. We’re so spoiled here in Charlottesville to have small-scale, local restaurants … Continue reading →
Category Breakfast, Charlottesville, meat, pork, Restaurant Reviews, sandwiches · Tagged with Ace Biscuit and Barbecue, barbecue, biscuit, breakfast, Charlottesville, customer, food, food writing, local, morning, pork, restaurant, sandwich, writing
Posted by slowfoodiebear on August 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Last Monday, the Clifton Inn hosted the second dinner of its Chefs in the Garden series where they invite additional chefs to join head Chef Tucker for a multiple-course dinner in the garden. Each of the chefs dreams up and creates their own courses. The most recent dinner featured Chef Joe Sparatta from Heritage (Richmond), Tim … Continue reading →
Category buttermilk, Charlottesville, Main Dish, mayonnaise, meat, pork, Restaurant Reviews, salad, Side Dish, tomato, veggies · Tagged with Charlottesville, Chefs in the Garden, Clifton Inn, Comfort, dinner, Heritage, Pasture, photography, plating, presentation, restaurant, Secco Wine Bar, Tucker Yoder
Posted by slowfoodiebear on June 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Ciao! I am finally back with another post from the lovely Firenze. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks with visits to Sienna, San Gimignano, Chianti, and the Amalfi coast. Not to mention I’m still at school so I do have to go through the motions of homework and midterms and the like. This post … Continue reading →
Category cheese, Firenze Files, Main Dish, meat, Side Dish · Tagged with bread, cupcake, dinner, Firenze, Florence, restaurant review, steak, wine. vino
Posted by slowfoodiebear on June 1, 2013 · 5 Comments
Talk about fancy cooking equipment all you want, but I just made one of the best meals of my life in a cheap metal pot from IKEA, in a cramped rented kitchen, with limited hand-me-down utensils, on a persnickety old gas stove, on the fourth floor of an apartment building in a foreign country. TV … Continue reading →
Category Firenze Files, Main Dish, meat, Paleo, veggies · Tagged with braise, broth, cucina povera, fat, Firenze, food traditions, garlic, Italia, Italy, mercato, Paleo, pork belly, rosemary, stock, white wine, wine
Posted by slowfoodiebear on May 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As I’ve been learning more and more in photography class (such as how to use the camera in a mode other than “Auto,”), I’ve been taking much better pictures of everything from the streets here in Firenze to all the wonderful food here. Here is a little chronicle of my evening of cooking, including a … Continue reading →
Category Firenze Files, herbs, Main Dish, meat, olive oil, Paleo, salad, tomato, veggies · Tagged with balsamic vinegar, dinner, Firenze, insalata caprese, lard, mozzarella, olive oil, pork fat, red wine, reduction, sage, sauce, steak, tomato
Posted by slowfoodiebear on May 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
In between longer journals, essays, and reflections, I thought I’d share pictures of food I’ve eaten, purchased, and made. This particular post is about food I’ve enjoyed at the apartment thusfar, and “cibo a casa” means “food at home.” I think taking pictures is the easiest way to represent food, so although I don’t have … Continue reading →
Category chicken, eggs, Firenze Files, herbs, Main Dish, meat, olive oil, Paleo, pork, tomato, veggies · Tagged with beer, birra, chicken, cooking, Firenze, frittata, Italia, pancetta, pollo, salvia, saute, vino, wine
Posted by slowfoodiebear on May 3, 2013 · 1 Comment
This will be a quick post without many words because I think the pictures will speak for themselves. I want to document some amazing recent dinners I’ve had on the downtown Charlottesville mall. The first set of images is from my first trip to a French restaurant called Bizou. It doesn’t have a website, and … Continue reading →
Category Charlottesville, Dessert, fish, Main Dish, meat, Restaurant Reviews, veggies · Tagged with banana bread, beans, Bizou, Brookville, Charlottesville, chicken, downtown mall, duck, ham hock, pork, pork belly, pot pie, salmon, sausage
I made braised lamb shanks this winter after buying some beautiful lamb from a farmer at the Charlottesville City Market earlier in the fall. It was my first time cooking lamb shanks, but I had ordered lamb shanks at restaurants before, so I knew how rich and delicious they could be. I combined a few … Continue reading →