Sometime in the late 2000s the coffee-rubbed steak was a minor trend in our local restaurants, not at the steak and chop houses so much as the upscale restaurants that feel obligated to have a steak on the menu. The most common pairing was coffee and chili, usually rubbed on an inexpensive butcher’s cut like……
Ingredient: kosher salt or coarse sea salt
Weeknight Sous Vide Ribeye
Weeknight Sous Vide Ribeye is more public service announcement than recipe. It’s a message from one amateur chef to another to illustrate just how consarned easy it is to make a perfect steak on a weeknight using the sous vide method. It takes a little bit of special equipment but very little skill. As I……
Orange-Spiced Pot Roast (Oklahoma, 1970s adapted)
Orange-Spiced Pot Roast is a standout in Adventures in Food. Most of the Main Dish recipes are practical weeknight meals, and most play it safe with the contemporary American palate. Orange-Spiced Pot Roast is neither – it’s a special occasion Sunday recipe with a “real South American flavor” and “elegant enough for informal dinner parties.” ……