Kimcheese Grits

View this post on Instagram Leftover cheddar/chèvre cheese grits with homemade kimchi, deviled ham, and pimento cheese swirled in, a backyard egg and a slice of American. 🌽 🍳 🌶 🧀#kimchi #kimcheese #grits #ethnochaos #lunch #homecooking #koreanfood? #southernfood? #leftovers #carbs #comfortfood #eggs #egg #cheese #corn 

Wherein I Overcome My Fear of Frying

Father’s Day dinner of champions: fried chicken (from upcoming @thejoyofcooking; recipe is solid af) with @oldbluerawhoney pumpkin blossom honey & gochugaru, chicken mu (homemade Korean purple daikon pickle), mac & cheese, homemade jojos (blanched, then tossed in Lawry’s, melted butter and melted chicken fat and 

Shrimp & Grits

Or, “corngee.” I haven’t posted about it yet, but I’ve been on a bit of a jook kick lately! This one is kind of silly but makes perfect sense: it’s a mash-up of Lowcountry shrimp and grits with greens and Vietnamese-style congee (cháo). I cooked 

Volga German Soul Food

My beautiful homemade bierocks made it into the “Global Comfort Foods” issue of Portland Monthly, along with a little about why this humble food is so important to me. My recipe is included — please note that they’re usually seasoned only with salt and pepper, 

Vietnamese Foie Gras Dirty Rice

Vietnamese and Creole flavors play so well together, especially when foie gras is invited to the party.   Here’s a big serving of foie gras dirty rice made with duck stock, jasmine rice, and Vietnamese flavors: fish sauce, palm sugar, a little cinnamon (just a 

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 

Simple is Best

@maryschicken seasoned simply with @nicky.usa game salt and roasted with all the cold-weather vegetables: parsnips, cabbage, shallots, potatoes, and the last half of the bitterroot buttercup squash, all roasted sticky-brown in the chicken drippings. Green olives and lemons in the pan, too. Served it with 

Bacon is My Jam

This decadent stuff is super easy to make. Just brown like a half a pound of bacon in a pan, then pour off most of the grease. Return the dirty, greasy pan to medium-low heat, and slowly cook a half a small chopped onion, a 

Old Bay Grilled Shrimp

Making one’s own Old Bay is a cinch: just mix together mustard seed, celery seed, a little coriander seed, and thyme (powder these up) with paprika, salt, and a pinch of pumpkin pie spice (mine is a combination of cinnamon, clove, star anise, fennel seed, 

Broccoli-Sausage Mac & Cheese

The boy wanted mac + chee for lunch, so I obliged: this time with the addition of kristianskaya sausage (v close to kielbasa), broccoli, and various nubbins of Swedish cheese from @ikeausa. It's like Milwaukee in a bowl, this. #macandcheese #lunch ? ? ? ?