Jon In Albany

Makin' Bacon. It's still fun to say. Making 2 kinds of bacon. I eventually found a pork belly. Not quite 10 pounds. The more squar...

The Salt Cure- This month I am planning to make bacon, pancetta and lemon confit. I am still having problems finding a pork belly. Struck ...

I recently took 2 books out of the library. The first was Harold McGee's Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and R...

I've tasted the second breast and it was actually a little different. The scoring had definitely impacted the flavor in a good direction...

So after a few days in the makeshift chamber, I thought I'd give the wine cooler another shot. Currently the ambient humidity in the bas...

Last night I went curling. It was a lot of fun even though we lost. We kept fighting back, but then kept letting the game get away from us.....

Duck Breast Prosciutto: So much for the original plan. The Co-Op only had frozen duck and they were clearly duck that was fresh last week....