A Beef Stroganoff Recipe & Other Stroganoffs For National Beef Stroganoff Day

[1] A super-easy version of Beef Stroganoff. The recipe is below (unless otherwise indicated, photos are © Taste Of Home). [2] In this version, the beef and noodles are mixed together in the pot. Here’s the recipe (photo © The Real Food Dieticians). [3] You can make Beef Stroganoff in a crockpot or Instant Pot.…
Continue reading “A Beef Stroganoff Recipe & Other Stroganoffs For National Beef Stroganoff Day”

Pairing Wine With Sushi, Sashimi, Poke, & Any Raw Fish Dish

We at a lot of sushi, and typically default to sake or beer to accompany it. That’s because we’re fussy about wine, and most neighborhood places around us tend to have generic jug wines. But the number of upscale sushi emporia is mushrooming in our town, with omakase dinners from $150 to the Hinoki Counter…
Continue reading “Pairing Wine With Sushi, Sashimi, Poke, & Any Raw Fish Dish”

Chicken Poke Bowls: A Recipe & Poke Bowl History

National Poke Day, which celebrates the traditional Hawaiian dish, takes place on September 28th*. And, September is both National Chicken Month and National Rice Month. So how about something different: chicken poke bowls! If you don’t already know poke, it’s a dish of diced, marinated raw fish that’s considered a local comfort food in Hawaii.…
Continue reading “Chicken Poke Bowls: A Recipe & Poke Bowl History”

Steak Au Poivre, The Steak Recipe With Its Own Holiday

  [1] Steak au poivre is the only steak recipe with its own holiday. Here, there are green peppercorns in the sauce in addition to a black peppercorn crust on the filet mignon. The vegetable is braised leeks (photo © Certified Angus Beef). [2] You can purchase cracked peppercorns, but crushing them fresh is the…
Continue reading “Steak Au Poivre, The Steak Recipe With Its Own Holiday”

Do You Love Food? It’s National I Love Food Day!

September 9th is National I Love Food Day, an interesting insert into the annual calendar of food holidays. Is there anyone who doesn’t love food, we wondered? Since no pollster is out there asking “Do you love food or just like it?” we have to lean on our pal Chat GPT for some educated guesswork.…
Continue reading “Do You Love Food? It’s National I Love Food Day!”