ciabatta

burgers on ciabatta

My quest for good bread baked at home continues. This time, I tried ciabatta.

Bread! Now with Superlatives!

no knead crusty white bread

My quest for the perfect bread to make at home continues. Now that I have a food scale, I was able to try this recipe from the King Arthur Flour website, The Crunchiest Crackliest Chewiest Lightest Easiest Bread You’ll Ever Bake. For me, this bread, although good, did not live up to any of the claimed superlatives.

Banh Mi & Co.

My wife and I always try to support restaurants in our immediate neighborhood. So last week, despite my general aversion for any food entity that puts the word “Co.” in its name (except for Bread Co.), we went to Banh Mi & Co. Although it’s been here for a little while (less than a year), it’s still relatively new.

Corned Beef and Hash

To round out our St. Patrick’s Day experience, I used the leftovers from lunch on Saturday to make corned beef and hash on Sunday morning.

Shepherd’s Pie (beef)

Since this was the first St. Patrick’s Day where I cooked as my primary means of celebratory expression, I decided that I would follow up my Corned Beef and Cabbage lunch with a shepherd’s pie dinner.

Corned Beef and Cabbage – crock pot

With our baby being too young to go out and properly enjoy St. Patrick’s Day, we had to bring the St. Patrick’s Day festivities to our apartment. And so, I tried to make Corned Beef and Cabbage.

Cranberry Pork Chops

Shortly after our daughter was born, our friends brought over some much needed provisions. The most intriguing was this cranberry mustard. We ate it on sandwiches, and it was delicious. But I had a feeling this mustard could do much more.