June 2011

Chicken Sausage on the Grill

The June Charcutepalooza challenge was poultry sausage. This was a great for me. I’ve consumed a whole lot of sausage—you can’t live around Cincinnati and not eat a fair amount of sausage. I’ve made a decent amount of sausage, both in cooking school and afterward. But I’ve never been a fan of chicken sausage. So I [...]

Baynham Goredema (Flickr - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License)

More than a few times, I have had lengthy conversations (usually after a number of glasses of wine) concerning whether one could determine the quality of wine by the label. I’ve had a dear friend shamefacedly confess that the label may the sole determiner for purchasing a bottle of wine. And let’s be honest here: [...]