For many of us, cooking at home for (or with) someone we love is the ultimate way to spend Valentine’s Day. Why leave your cozy cocoon when all you need is right there? If you are a member of this romantic tribe, we have a few fun ideas for dinner à deux. One way to make the…
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Top 7 Favorites for Game Day Grub
Football fans who also happen to be foodies know that the Super Bowl is a chance to eat well and to show off their kitchen skills to a whole party at the big game. First off, we offer items like ribs, sausages, ground beef (Wagyu included!), and various nibbles that require little prep. All will…
Garlic & Black Truffle Mashed Potatoes
This recipe is inspired by the classic Joël Robuchon mashed potato recipe which calls for equal parts potato and butter. Garlic cloves slow-cooked in duck fat are added, along with a generous amount of black truffle butter for intensely earthy and rich potatoes. Ingredients 2lbs Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks 8-12…
Oven-Roasted Veggie Fries with Duck Fat Recipe
If you like potatoes with duck fat, you’ll love these. Gorgeous roasted vegetable “fries” get extra flavor and color from a swath of luscious duck fat right before baking. Delicious as a side dish or chilly day snack. Ingredients Assorted root veggies, such as parsnips, turnips, carrots, and beets; scrubbed, peeled and cut into ¼…
5 Pork Recipes We Love
It’s simple. Pork is nature’s candy. We love to cook it and to eat it, and suspect you feel the same. Every bit of the pig offers a tasty cut, and we appreciate them all, from pork chops to racks of ribs and beyond. So here are 5 recipes for pork that will inspire you to heat up the…
Bakin’ with Bacon
When it comes to bacon, we like to put it in everything. There’s simply no limit to the incredible things you can do with this ingredient. Just calling it an ingredient seems somehow demeaning. Bacon brings the magic. It is so much more than an ingredient. If you are not baking with bacon, we recommend…
Oatmeal Cookies with Bacon, Apple & Pecans
We’re fond of baking with bacon. Our Berkshire-breed, applewood smoked bacon makes these cookies a carnivore favorite. Cookies for dessert? Yes. Cookies for breakfast? Sure! These hearty oatmeal cookies are studded with crumbled bacon, toasted pecans, and two kinds of apples, then sprinkled with maple sugar for an extra dimension of flavor. They’re sweet and…
Roasting for the Holidays
What are you roasting for Christmas this year? It seems fitting that a holiday gathering should center on a piece of roasted meat. Thanksgiving has the turkey, but at Christmas there’s room for more culinary expression. While technically not a roast, something we always recommend for a big party is the cassoulet. An iconic French…
Wagyu Standing Rib Roast
When it comes to serving an impressive meal, whether for a holiday or a celebration, this Wagyu beef prime rib roast will be there for you. Little embellishment is needed for this gorgeous rib roast – just salt, pepper, and a very hot oven. Starting the roast at a high temperature will create a beautiful…
Salted Duck Fat Caramels Recipe
And now for something completely different: Salted Duck Fat Caramels from Laura at the beautiful blog Tide and Thyme. Thanks for sharing, Laura! Go have a look at what she’s up to, but first cast your eyes over this tiny miracle. Ingredients 1 cup heavy cream 5 tablespoons duck fat, chilled 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2…
Perfect Pork Plating with Anita Lo
Chef Anita Lo of Annisa, a long-time friend of D’Artagnan, was featured on Serious Eats explaining her philosophy behind plating pork loin. Yes, it’s our Berkshire pork, but aside from that, we have a lot of respect for Chef Anita and find this a fascinating peek into the mind of a brilliant chef. We are…
October is ….
… National Chili Month, National Apple Month and National Pork Month. Yes, all in October. Who decides these things? Whoever you are, we thank you. To celebrate, we offer you recipes that involve one or more of these, because we don’t have one for pork and apple chili. But that could be interesting…Happy October! Anasazi…
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