Some days, everything goes right: the sun is shining, you can ride your bike around town carefree after a winter full of slow ice-patch vigilance, you’ve just eaten a fine lunch and there’s nothing in particular to do that afternoon. You roll into your favorite butcher shop – just to say hello – and suddenly […]
No comments | Blood Sausage, chickpeas, Clancey's, Madrid, Spanish
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. This was the second year in a row in which I was cooking in isolation from my extended family in Michigan since relocating to Minnesota. I miss having my whole family together and all their different contributions to the meal. On the other hand, cooking in Minneapolis for a […]
5 comments | Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Cider Cocktails, Clancey's, Cranberries, Cranberry Sauce, Dressing, Free Range, Gravy, Green Beans, Holidays, Mashed Potatoes, olives, organic, Parsnips, Pickled Green Beans, Potatoes, Roasted Vegetables, Rye Whiskey, Stuffing, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Turkey Breast, Turkey Confit, Turkey Liver Pate
I am ready to eat Colombian food again. That was not the case when Martha and I got back from Colombia in mid July. On the flight home, somewhere over the Caribbean, I became violently ill and Martha was in the same state by the evening. Although our flu lasted less than 24 hours, eating […]
8 comments | aguacates, ajÃ, arroz, avocados, Beans, cargamanto, chicharrón, Clancey's, Colombia, Colombian Food, Fat, fried pork belly, frijoles, frisoles, pig, plantains, plátanos, Pork, pork belly, red beans, Rice, tacadas, tostadas, tostones
Last week, Martha came home with exciting stories and delicious bresaola from a butcher shop she found in Linden Hills: Clancey’s Meats and Fish. I had read about the shop on the Heavy Table, but had yet to go. Intrigued, I wanted to check it out. On Saturday after the farmers’ market we biked there. […]
3 comments | Butcher, Carnitas, Clancey's, Corn, Goat, Meat, Mexican, Salsa, Tacos, Tomatillo, Tomatoes, Tortilla