A couple weeks back now, I posted a recipe for Caesar slaw. It’s a winner on its own, but it is doubly wonderful in this sandwich. The recipe is relatively simple, just a peppered piece of chuck roast braised with onions and garlic until the …
Last October I decided that it was time for me to take a break from recipe development. I was headed off to Scotland to tour and write about a couple of distilleries, which seemed like a good time for a change. That five-day trip turned …
Recently I received a package in the mail from the Wild Alaskan Company. I knew before breaking the seal that there would be some excellent things in that cardboard box at the door, but I was still surprised when I slit through the tape to reveal the array of incredible wild-caught Alaskan seafood within. Even amidst the different cuts of salmon, pollock, sablefish, Pacific cod, and all the rest, however, one particular package caught my eye as the first avenue for exploration. There was a lot of beautiful fish in that box, but as soon as I saw the six ounces of dungeness crab meat, I knew that was going to be the first thing that I ate. Continue reading Chili Crisp Dungeness Crab Salad
Ever since I first started traveling internationally, I have loved grocery shopping abroad. Walking the aisles and perusing all of the unfamiliar products taps into a unique form of culinary wanderlust for me. More so than any single restaurant, a foreign grocery store puts the …
What’s better on a Sunday morning than a collection of interesting breakfast recipes? (Aside, of course, from the dishes themselves.) Breakfast, and perhaps particularly brunch, are interesting meals to work with. When it comes to lunch and dinner, the concepts are essentially boundless. Anything that …
Fancy drinks based on the books that I love may be slightly off brand for The Buslife Kitchen, but what can you do? When inspiration takes you, you have to follow it. So, apologies to those readers who are only here for the woodsy gourmet stuff, right now I am really enjoying putting together these literary cocktails.
Continue reading Astrophage – A “Project Hail Mary” Literary Cocktail
For the next entry in my literary cocktail series, I decided to go with a story that has been dominating conversation recently: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. If you haven’t seen the HBO series yet, it is a delight, as well as a very …
To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure how much introduction these pancakes need. Most of it is right there in the title. Banana pancakes are a wonderful thing, but I can tell you from experience that they’re about a hundred times better when you add …
Alright, one holiday feast is in the rearview, now it’s time to start thinking about that next one. Here are a few of my recent recipes that will excellent choices for the opening courses of your next holiday feast. On this list you’ll find a handful of intriguing appetizers, a couple of superb salads, and what may well be the best chowder recipe out there. Continue reading Holiday Feast First Courses
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins has long been my favorite book, which means it is also the perfect first entry in what will be a series of literary cocktail recipes. Still Life is a reality-bending love story of princesses, outlaws, pyramids, and dynamite, …