Yesterday was Mrs. NH’s birthday. I’m not much of a baker so I always hate baking cakes or something for her birthday. I always end up looking like some jerk out of a sitcom with flour all over my shirt and face. Well, the same thing happened this year (thanks to Little NH2 TURNING THE…
Category: Cooking
Thai Basil Pork
This weekend, with one confirmed case of strep in the house and everybody generally worn out from a big week, I made some family comfort food. Thai Basil Pork is supposedly Thai street food. I’ve never been to Thailand so all I know is, it’s absolutely delicious. Mrs. NH recommended that instead of pairing it with…
Homemade Focaccia
It has been two days full of cooking around the NH homestead this weekend. I’ve made and frozen several pounds of crock pot carnitas and crock pot chicken tacos for the return of the NH girls. I’m also getting ready to whip into meatloaf gravy to be used as pasta sauce and a batch or…
Roasted Pork Belly
Bachelorhood gives me the opportunity to try cooking some foods that I wouldn’t get the chance to with the whole family in town. The kids and Mrs. NH are in Texas and I figure they’re eating well so why shouldn’t I? So when I saw a kilo of pork belly at the Tesco Express last…
Cheesesteak Sandwiches with Homemade Buns
We didn’t have plans for Sunday. Mrs. NH was kind enough to brave freezing temperatures to go for a quick supermarket trip while the girls and I puttered around the house and watched vacation home movies on my newly reconditioned Windows Media Center. Of course in the Not Hemingway household, a day without plans usually…
Belle Princess and Hello Kitty Cake
As I sit in my office and fret about the fate of the freedom of information in far flung countries, my wife agonizes, yes, agonizes about cakes for the birthdays of my two little girls. To her, a good crumb coat is just as important as stemming nuclear proliferation. The search for black food coloring…
Dark Soy and Honey Seared Pork Tenderloin
This was an improvisation about a month ago and it’s so easy and good we ended up doing it again for Easter. Mrs. NH and I were both sick and this was a nice mix between gourmet and easy. I marinated the tenderloin in a Ziploc with dark soy, olive oil, lime juice and honey…
Duck Confit and Caramelized Brussels Sprouts
Oh, the life of a bachelor. Canned food. Of course, if you’re this bachelor, it’s duck confit from a can. Don’t cry for me, Argentina. Er, Prague. Yep, duck confit and these sprouts that I have told you about before were dinner on Sunday night. Crackly skin, puffy almost candied chunks of garlic and a…
Salmon Tartare
There’s something fishy going on at NotHemingway.com. It’s a guest commentary from the culinary troubadour, Fredericksburg Flash. He first brought you a commentary on the Salt ‘ till ya Drop post a few years back. The spirit has moved him again and he’s decided to contribute even more great food experiences to the blog. This…
Canned Cassoulet au Confit de Canard
Roasting duck is a pretty involved process. I’ve done it once or twice in the past and have always been pretty happy with the results. However, the process of rendering the fat off the bird is not for the faint of heart so if I can avoid it, I do. I order duck out at…
Baked Egg in Avocado
Who would have thought that two of my favorite flavors in the world, egg and avocado, would go so well together? The recipe is straightforward. Put your egg in the avocado where the seed would have been (hollowed out a little more to fit the egg), and then put the whole shootin’ match on a…
Cherry Tomato and Parmesan Quinoa
Before going to work on Friday, I took a nice, thick pork chop out of the freezer and put it in the fridge to thaw. I hadn’t actually planned what I was going to eat with it. That is until I spied some week old cherry tomatoes on the counter; I decided to take care of…
Pizza or Pakistan?
I didn’t choose; the Pakistani Embassy in Prague chose for me. I didn’t get a visa to visit Pakistan in time so I did what any smart man would do. I stayed home and cooked. From Friday night through Sunday night Mrs. NH and I made/ate/froze: 2 Pizza Margheritas 14 doughs for pizza crust 1…
Absolut Rhubarb: Rhubarb Infused Vodka
Yes, I know I’ve blogged this before. But it is worth repeating. I guess having two daughters makes you like pink. Especially when it is in the form of this great concoction. After 24 hours of infusion I have something that will help cool off a muggy summer evening. Yes, it is pink, but it’s…
Fresh Penne Train Wreck
“I gotta go get the camera!” “You’re not going to blog this, are you?” “Sure, you can blog your failures, too. Besides, it’s so lame it’s kinda funny.” “Yeah, it is.” This was the conversation Mrs. NH and I had as we were peeling apart once beautiful fresh penne (pictured above) that had become stuck…
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