Recent content by Brute

Potato, leek & pancetta soup…smothered pork chops & roasted broccolini…

"Only the dead have seen the end of war"...George Santayana

A dust storm is far more prevalent…this was fog and rain…

What makes this photo interesting is that the Las Vegas basin is in the background… Like this…

I got it at Albertson's...

Hoppin’ John for New Years Day…and tried these two new (to me) hot sauces…they were almost too hot for even me, which is saying something…

With cornbread muffins

Baked beans…ribs with rub, over a bed of celery, onions & fennel tops for moisture…then finished and sauced on the grill…tomato paste, ketchup, brown mustard, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, blk pepper Collards with smoke ham shank, apple fennel carrot slaw

Sausage ragu…diced salami and italian sausage, sofrito bianco (celery, shallots, leeks) Deglaze with white wine…add sausage, cover with homemade chicken stock, reduce and simmer 4 hours… Sauté broccoli rabe, garlic & Calabrian chiles…

Chef’s snack, and my favorite part of a prime rib

Christmas day korean bbg…japchae, homemade banchan (except the kimchi), galbi… Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone…wishing you health, happiness and prosperity for the upcoming new year…

Christmas Eve dinner

Butternut squash soup, mashed taters, roasted parsnips, sweet potato, carrots & beets, au jus from scratch, yorkshire pudding

Beef barley mushroom soup… Split pea and ham …