Tag Archives: southern cuisine
Your Basic Fried Oyster Po’boy with Slaw
I admit to craving oysters every now and then. I would have been happy in turn-of-the-century New York City, I think, where oysters were plentiful and every dive sold oyster stew. I often see an oyster po’boy – or poor … Continue reading
Home of Chicken and Waffles in Oakland
Matt and I thought we should have something decadent in honor of school starting this week. Having gone through all the acting classes offered at Berkeley City College, he registered for one at Laney College, which put us near downtown Oakland as … Continue reading
Jon and bacon
Trays of bacon in the kitchen mean only one thing: Jon is here. Yes, I don’t use a frying pan. I blast it in the oven at 400 deg. F. (convection), turning it over once during the process. I don’t want … Continue reading
Pulled pork sandwiches
A recent hankering by one of the residents here for pulled pork sammies created the need for a large hunk of slow-roasted pork. One trip to Smart & Final later, I was well on the road. I make my pulled … Continue reading
Corn muffins
Corn muffins made today. That box of Albers yellow cornmeal was staring me in the face so I put together the recipe on the box, adding twice the quantity of sugar called for. I made two batches — one for the … Continue reading
Cheater’s BBQ
If you’ll be spending time outside anyway, then you might as well multitask and get some BBQ going. You can make some “cheater’s” BBQ, which means you’ll slow-cook a hunk of meat using a Weber grill for as many hours … Continue reading
Comfort food for Jon
Jon is moving to Santa Barbara tomorrow, so I thought I’d make a fancy breakfast for him this weekend. I had gotten a hold of a small organic ham last week, which I roasted next to some oven home fries, … Continue reading
I like to have cornmeal around
Try to keep corn meal on hand. If you have corn meal and a few other staples you’ll be able to make corn bread, which means you can fix up a quick meal. For example, corn bread with an over-easy … Continue reading
Boulud’s Braise
I made two recipes from Daniel Boulud’s Braise (2006) today, the tripe with spicy yellow peppers and watercress (pg. 100) and Southern-style black-eyed peas with bacon (pg. 181). Let’s talk tripe. I love it, and this dish sounded so damned … Continue reading
The Cracker Barrel in Binghamton
This evening we ate at a chain restaurant called The Cracker Barrel on (where else?) Front Street. We had planned on going there one of the other days but my dad claimed it was too “cutesy” for me and that … Continue reading
