How the Sausage is Made

I think it’s been a few years since I made my own sausage. It’s fun to do things the old-fashioned way sometimes, but I think I’ll leave it to the professionals next time! You can see my sizes are pretty irregular (sausage is a tricky 

Rigatoni Bolognese

Fresh rigatoni from @providorepdx smothered in Sunday gravy, meaty af thanks to plenty of @nicky.usa steak grind (trim from 35-day aged, grass-fed @creekstone_farms steaks). Homegrown tomatoes; tons of garlic, shallots, and red wine; fresh thyme and oregano from the garden. 🥩 🍝 🥩 🍝#meatconcierge #bolognese 

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, 

I Did Not Invent African Ramen

Africans totally eat ramen. Think about it: Maggi is ubiquitous throughout the continent and Asia. And the flavors of Nigerian peppersoup make perfect sense slickered all over noodles. FURTHERMORE, venison is a perfect choice for peppersoup, unless you can sustainably source your bushmeat. When I 

Shio Koji-Aged Ranch Steak Sandwich is Best Steak Sandwich

I got this shio koji on Amazon, but will check Uwajimaya for a locally made koji for my next project. Beauty shots of the purty little shio koji-aged @creekstone_farms ranch steaks. Ranch steaks come from the chuck primal, and here I’ve aged them for three 

Stuffed Peppers

  Stuffed peppers with Nicky Farms ground beef, jasmine rice, home-canned tomatoes and Balkan spices, because even though it’s been a warm and easy glide into fall, I’m kind of ready to dive into dinners from the oven. #dinnertonight #meatconcierge #peppers ? ? ? ? 

Pelmeni with Chanterelles and Salicornia

Store-bought pelmeni from the Russian market make a fast phone-in dinner, but serving them en brodo with wild things makes it special. Beef pelmeni in a reduction of beef/rabbit/duck stock (deglazed the pan first with my homemade Doug-fir eau de vie), with Misty Mountain chanterelles 

Taco Rice

Okinawan taco rice for #tacotuesday! Mine has some spicy queso on it, but plain old cheddar for the milder tummies in my house. #dinnertonight #yoshoku #wwii #japanesefood #instafood #tacos #rice #queso #weeknightdinner #okinawa #food52 #bareaders #f52grams #hashtagstakemeaway A post shared by Heather Arndt Anderson (@heatherarndtanderson) 

Corned Beef Reuben

A day late and a dollar short, as always. I decided to try my hand at corning so I could participate in Charcutepalooza this month, but I forgot that I was supposed to post this on the 15th. Oops. It’s cool, though, I didn’t really 

Roast Beef Hash

I’ve been on a bit of a comfort food trip lately. I checked out the Williams-Sonoma Comfort Food cookbook from the library, and in attempt to stave off the winter Kill Myselfs, have been cooking my way through it. Actually, I have been mostly just