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Frijol con Puerco (Pork and Black Bean Stew)

by Malcolm Bedell February 18, 2013

When Jillian and I first moved to Mexico to renovate our small house on the other side of the Gulf of Mexico, we were confronted with an unforeseen problem. The small fishing village that was to become our newly adopted home did not offer internet access. This wasn’t much of a problem for most of [...]

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Calabrese-Style Rigatoni with Spicy Pork Ragu

by Jillian Bedell February 8, 2013

Once upon a time in Brooklyn, there was an Italian restaurant called Sam’s. This was old-school, red sauce Brooklyn, and Sam’s was the flickering candle of an era that was then beginning to end. Chianti bottles on every table, salamis hanging from the ceiling, broken English immigrants eating family meal in a dim back room. [...]

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Pork Marsala Saute

by Malcolm Bedell October 24, 2012

A few weeks ago, Jillian began working a new job that keeps her away from home for most of the evening, most notably during suppertime. I usually work at home all day while she takes care of Violet, and then in the late afternoons, I assume baby duty. My amazing parenting style usually amounts to [...]

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Skillet-Browned Spaetzle

by Jillian Bedell October 9, 2012

Once upon a time in the Catskills, I ate spaetzle and sauerbraten on New Year’s Day. We’d taken a bus from the city, in a blizzard, to meet friends at a many-bedroomed house we rented for the weekend. A bus that stopped at country gas stations all the way up scenic Route 87 until we [...]

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Rhubarb Week: Pork Chops with Cherry-Rhubarb Sauce

by Malcolm Bedell May 31, 2012

When we think about rhubarb, it’s all too easy to get bogged down in thinking of it used strictly in sweet ways; in pies, jams, or in compotes. The fact is, there are plenty of opportunities to use rhubarb in more savory applications, as well. Since my first taste of spicy rhubarb salsa (I posted [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Garlicky Broccoli Rabe & Roasted Pork (Homemade)

by Malcolm Bedell May 7, 2012

Today’s sandwich combines roasted pork loin, provolone cheese, and sauteed broccoli rabe on a Portuguese roll. Notes: Though it may have been invented in Philadelphia, this sandwich mentally transports me to Atlantic City in the Wintertime, when the frozen gray boardwalk is all but abandoned and the only sound is the endless hum coming from [...]

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Breakfast Tacos con Chicharron

by Malcolm Bedell February 20, 2012

I‘ve had a nearly insatiable craving for habanero peppers lately. I’ve been mixing up quick-pickled habanero to ladle onto leftover pot roast nachos. I’ve been spiking my canned Chunky soup with overly-aggressive shakes of Cholula. I’ve been adding green El Yucateco in dangerous quantities to jarred salsa, and then running around the house carrying on [...]

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Chile Verde (Green Chili with Pork)

by Malcolm Bedell January 18, 2012

Have you heard about how newborn babies can throw your routine into a bit of an upheaval? I’m pretty sure it’s a thing. For our first week home, I wanted to whip up a dish that we could eat all week, without burning a lot of thought or energy on preparation. A giant plastic container [...]

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Chinese New Year: Fried Wontons

by Malcolm Bedell January 4, 2012

Chinese takeout-style fried wontons are perhaps one of the most perfect examples of a bastardized Cantonese classic, served by the foil bagful at two in the morning to college students for whom spending $3 on a late night snack is a rare luxury. A type of soup dumpling, served not in a broth, but instead [...]

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Chinese New Year: Steamed Pork Dumplings with Homemade Wrappers

by Malcolm Bedell January 2, 2012

Early last year, we conducted an exhaustive survey of the Chinese takeout options in the greater Portland area, sampling several restaurants’ versions of steamed pork dumplings, sweet and sour chicken, fried wontons, and scallion pancakes. It was a sampling of our favorite classics from the “greatest hits” collection of Chinese take-out, and we searched far [...]

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