Category: Jackie

Roast rosemary and lemon chicken

I had the same idea as Paul and Mike did this weekend, it seems. There was a free-range roasting chicken from Trader Joe’s in my freezer, sized just over two kilos, that I wanted to make. I didn’t want to take a lot of hassle with it, and the...

Improvised, inauthentic clam chowder

This is not authentic, okay? With that out of the way, it is sooo good, super-easy and low-carb friendly. Chop four or five anchovy fillets into small pieces, then cook in olive oil over medium heat until they sort of start to melt into the pan. (If your anchovy...

Pesto chicken and cannellini bean hotpot

This is what I made for the Cincinnati Supper Club at my place on Thursday, and it was a total improv that fortunately paid off. I usually use chicken thighs, because the meat is so much more flavorful, but I had two EXTREMELY picky eaters coming (5chw4r7z and Ms....

Hotel Chocolat

The British chocolate company Hotel Chocolat (their flagship store is in High Street Kensington) has launched in the US. To celebrate this, they sent me $300 worth of their finest, most beautiful hand-piped chocolates. There was a time when I wouldn’t have been able to keep such things in...

Green Papaya

You can’t really complain about a large, beautiful plate of Thai chicken curry in pleasant, comfortable surroundings. It makes it even harder when you only pay £3 for your lunch. But I’m going to complain about my green Thai chicken curry at Green Papaya. It was too sweet. I...

Roast beef in a Dutch oven

This is a chuck roast, and my method for cooking it was simple. I browned it in butter on all sides, then chucked some minced garlic, peppercorns, dried rosemary, and beef stock into the Dutch oven with it. I should have used about five times as much stock as...

Steak with creamy mushroom gorgonzola sauce

The hardest part about this dish is picking out a really good steak. After that, it’s smooth sailing. I bought a huge amount of meat on Monday, and confused the ground sirloin I’d purchased with the steak in my fridge. I mistakenly believed I had a sirloin steak to...

An aubergine bake of my own

Dinner Originally uploaded by dynamist. Inspired by Madsen’s version, I thought I’d have a go. As luck (or misfortune) would have it, the aubergine I’d purchased from the market on Saturday was revealed, upon further inspection at home, to be in urgent need of use. I tried not to...

Horseradish cheddar

Horseradish cheddar Originally uploaded by dynamist. It doesn’t look much, but it makes up for that in taste. Free samples of it were on offer at Krause’s, a local (Cincinnati) German speciality shop which also carries a wide variety of European meats and cheeses. I wasn’t going to buy...

If you’re going to fall off the wagon…

My downfall Originally uploaded by dynamist. This is the way to go. I hadn’t had any sweets or carbs for almost three weeks. But I was powerless to resist the lure of the red velvet mini-cupcakes on offer at a friend’s art exhibition on Friday night. Every moist, luscious...