Plov is Georgian Jollof, Change My Mind

Is rice pilaf universal? I think so. View this post on Instagram Tonight’s dinner inspiration comes from Central Asia (one of my favorite culinary sandboxes), but with a few twists: this is plov (pilaf) of jasmine rice cooked with smoked duck stock, red onion, homegrown 

Venison Mole Guisado

Find my recipe at the Nicky USA blog. View this post on Instagram Venison mole guisado makes a surprisingly straightforward weeknight meal. All you need is a pressure cooker, a pound of Nicky Farms venison stew meat, and a few pantry staples. Makes outstanding tacos 

Boar Shoulder Ragù

View this post on Instagram This year for Christmas dinner (which I’m doing tomorrow instead) I wanted to think beyond traditional turkey or ham, so I slow-braised this wild boar shoulder for four hours in wine, homemade pork stock and tomatoes (mirepoix and tons of 

Pumpkin Congee with Water Buffalo Sausage

View this post on Instagram #WildAboutGame pregaming at home with my spin on the ever-popular butternut squash risotto: pumpkin congee cooked in chicken-corn cob stock, with five spice water buffalo sausage from @nicky.usa (get it? instead of lap cheong), woodear mushroom, pepitas, fried elephant garlic 

Split Pea with Springtime

Split mung bean and pea soup with bacon, caramelized parsnip and leeks; topped with crème fraîche, shaved salt-cured duck egg yolk, and a pistou of Thai basil, cilantro, mint, dill, garlic chives, and Meyer lemon. The peas are split and fresh (English). Eat the season! 

Romanesco-White Cheddar Chowder

Romanesco: are you a broccoli? A cauliflower? You’re a biracial superfood and I love you. This is romanesco-white cheddar chowder with homemade guanciale, topped with chives and parsley from the garden and a dribble of olive oil from @houseofspain_evoo 🥦 🧀 🍖 🍲#soupweather #winterfood #soup 

Lazy Choucroute Garnis

Made easy/lazy choucroute garnis tonight with *gasp* store-bought sauerkraut that I doctored up with diced @nueskes ham, caraway seeds, juniper berries, and a spoonful of my homemade dill pickle mustard (protip: purée the garlicky, seedy dregs of your jars of pickles instead of dumping them). 

Cassoulet

Toulouse-style cassoulet: Dear lord, what an undertaking. Even if I *hadn’t* accidentally unearthed a whole pig’s head to add to my weekend workload, cassoulet is a fucking Project. I simplified it somewhat to spare myself the trauma: making what is basically French tare saves a 

Budae Jigae Wid It

It’s so delightfully crummy out so I made budae jigae for myself using *nice* ingredients like @umiorganic noodles, @olympiaprovisions hot dogs, Ota tofu, homemade kimchi and heirloom beans. The dashi is instant, but it’s still some fancy high-end stuff from Japan. The SPAM… is just 

Curried Pumpkin Soup

The best thing about having a compost heap is not the smug satisfaction of reducing your household waste to a mere 10 gallons a month, or seeing healthy organisms thrive in your soil, or the idea that the nutrient cycle may be so poetically expressed