Tag Archives: braise
Puerto Rican Beans and Rice
Is coriander a part of Puerto Rican cuisine? Not knowing any Puerto Ricans to ask, and having never visited the country or eaten the food, ever, I asked F. Now, this wasn’t going to be the quickest or best way to get accurate information about the cuisine of this tiny island as F. was in a [...]
Spicy Asian Braised Brisket
Even prior to the onslaught of celebrity chef-dom that we’ve seen in recent years they were still influential figures in many lives. Seeing Margaret Fulton on Masterchef just now reminded me of this, reminded me of searching through the Margaret Fulton Cookbook to find sweet things to bake as a youngster. Flicking through past the [...]
Spanish Braised Beef
All rejoice, it is almost braising season! I got in a little early and recently cooked up a gigantic pot of this Spanish Braised Beef. I found the recipe on Gourmet Traveller, but um, things didn’t work out. The original recipe called for beef cheeks, which I liked for sweet honeypie reasons (beef cheeks = [...]
