Pasta alla Genovese - Slow simmered pork and onion meat sauce over rigatoni

My riff on Chef John's Pasta alla Genovese recipe. This is going to be the last meal that I crank out of my small kitchen here in Burlington, VT for a while. I do still have a couple of posts in the queue so it's not the last of my end-grain cutting board just quite yet. After those, i'll be flying...

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Video: Making a Cappuccino

Pulling a shot, steaming milk, and pouring some latte art (kind...

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Cameroon Mt. Oku - Starbucks Reserve

Here's Cameroon Mt. Oku chilling with my beloved Rancilio Silvia. Starbucks Reserve is Starbucks' specialty line of coffee. There's a single Starbucks Reserve store in Seattle, WA where all of their reserve coffees are roasted. Starbucks saw the rise of specialty coffee and decided to jump in with...

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Chicken Galantine with Mushroom, Olive and Herb Stuffing

I love preparing Chicken Galantine because it is so much more of a technique than it is a recipe. The end goal here is to butcher a chicken such that you can open it up flat with all its bones removed and have a relatively even layer of chicken meat and skin throughout. You then proceed to stuff the...

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Las Nubes, El Salvador - Abracadabra Coffee Co.

Abracadabra Coffee Co. is a relative newcomer to the VT coffee scene. They began roasting coffee out of Cavendish, VT less than a year ago. I was ecstatic to find their coffee at the Healthy Living Market in South Burlington, where Abracadabra's gorgeous packaging really caught my eye. It's always...

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Video: Quick Salsa

I recently picked up a tripod for my iPhone so that I could play around with recording video. I also had too many tomatoes on hand. This video is a result of those circumstances! Fresh, delicious salsa Regarding the salsa, I used 7 tomatoes, diced 1 large onion, diced Handful of cilantro,...

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Peru San Fernando - Heart Coffee Roasters - Feb 2016

There's a great multi-roaster cafe in town called Scout & Co. that features some of the best roasters in the country. I recently picked up the Peru San Fernando roasted by Heart Roasters out of Portland, Oregon.  Heart Coffee is available at Scout & Co. in Winooski and Burlington Peru...

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