Smoky Chipotle Salsa

A Rick Bayless recipe:

3 garlic cloves

4 tomatillos

2 chipotle chiles

pan sear em 4 minutes (on each side), into the food processor add the chipotle chiles and fire it up.

Very good, easy to make…this one is a keeper,

Map Your Veggies

Interactive map that traces the annual migration of spring vegetables like zebras across the African Savannah. Currently in the Garden State we are harvesting asparagus, broccoli and strawberries. Now if there were only more farmer’s markets….

Seasonal Ingredient Map | Serious Eats : Required Eating

Vinegarette

my new favorite. it is all in the simplicity.

3 tablespoons olive oil

1.5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon dijon mustard

1 teaspoon honey

some salt and pepper.

i shake it up in an old mustard jar.

pizza night

pizza, originally uploaded by jfl1066.

Is it still a white pizza if i put tomatoes on it? Tired of the bbq scene, i made some pizza tonight. Jill is still swooning.

Ribs

IMG_1958, originally uploaded by jfl1066.

went basic with the ribs, simple rub: paprika, salt, pepper, brown sugar a little of this, little of that. Smoked them for about 90 minutes and then sauced them with a sweet sauce….nice.

Fougasse

from thehappynoise.blip.t posted with vodpod

“In ancient Rome, panis focacius was a flat bread baked in the ashes of the hearth (focus in Latin). This became a diverse range of breads that include “focaccia” in Italian cuisine, “fugassa” in the Ligurian language, “fougasse” in Provence and “fouaisse” or “foisse” in Burgundy. The French versions are more likely to have additions in the form of olives, cheese, anchovies etc, which may be regarded as a primitive form of pizza without the tomato.

Fougasse was traditionally used to assess the temperature of a wood fired oven. The time it would take to bake gives an idea of the oven temperature and whether the rest of the bread can be loaded.”

from Wikipedia

also: A fougasse is an improvised mine constructed by making a hollow in the ground or rock and filling this with explosives (originally, black powder) and projectiles. Not looking for this kind of result today.