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Vinegar-brined Turkey pt 2

The turkey brined in vinegar for 14 hours bottom side first then another 12 hours breast side. On the morning before roasting, I also brined in a soy-water solution, which in my opinion didn’t really accomplish much. I then stuffed the cavity with garlic cloves and roasted the bird in the oven at 375 [...]

Vinegar-brined Turkey pt 1

My 12-pounder brined breast up in the fridge for the past 14 hours. I turned it breast-down for the next 12-14 hours. The vinegar brine I’m risking this year is an apple-cider vinegar brine, with chopped garlic, garlic powder, black powder and a little salt. It is generally the same brine I use for [...]

Recipe: Spicy Sliced Lamb with Snow Pea Leaves and Green Onions

After deliberating on what to do with a 1.25lbs of frozen sliced lamb that I purchased from my local Asian grocer, I opted to create two dishes from this earthy-flavored meat. Because the lamb is thinly sliced, it is not overpowering like heartier cuts of lamb. But if you don’t have good ventilation in [...]

Recipe: Pork Belly Adobo

Truly the most decadent, richest part of the pig…pork belly usually stars in recipes that evokes the guilt of eating such a fatty piece of the beast. Ever since I cooked up this adobo dish, I’ve been trying to find more ways to cook pork bellies. Filipinos have a love affair with all things [...]

Things I learned while making a Decadent Chocolate Flan

Despite moments when it looked like my chocolate flan experiment was doomed to the garbage disposal, the end result was fantastically yummy and delicious.

Tripling the amount of chocolate that a recipe calls for is a sure way to make the taste buds happy Brown sugar doesn’t caramelize like white sugar, better to [...]