Sage Pork Roast

Recipe: James Beard’s Sage Pork Roast with Apples

Posted by Eric Colleary on October 31, 2011

Sage. It’s not just for Thanksgiving stuffing. The following is a classic pork roast recipe adapted from one in James Beard’s American Cookery (1972). At the time the “Dean of American [...]

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Recipe: Julia Child’s Bouef Bourguignon (1961)

Posted by Eric Colleary on August 15, 2012

Today, Julia Child would have been 100 years old. Few recipes exemplify the Child’s talents as a teacher, chef, and lover of French cuisine than this recipe for Bouef Bourguignon [...]

Jambalaya with Fowls and Rice, Photo: Eric Colleary

Recipe: Jambalaya of Fowls and Rice (1885)

Posted by Eric Colleary on August 17, 2012

Every region and every culture has some variation on the one-pot stew. Born of necessity, what goes into the pot is whatever is readily available on-hand. A few scraps of [...]

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Recipe: Beef Tongue Sandwiches (1893)

Posted by Eric Colleary on November 2, 2012

This recipe is the third and final installment of a series on the American Butcher. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. When I started telling people I had [...]

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Recipe: Fish Chowder, 1830

Posted by Eric Colleary on January 23, 2013

  Winter has definitely arrived where I live in Minnesota. When I leave work today, the temperature is expected to be -6 with a windchill of -32. When it is [...]