TIP OF THE DAY: Christmas Goose

No plans for Christmas dinner? You can create your own festive event by roasting a Christmas goose. Here’s a recipe from New York City-based Michelin-starred chef Kurt Gutenbrunner, a native of Austria where the Christmas goose is the go-to dish. Serve it with your favorite sides. In Austria, these include red cabbage, baked marzipan-stuffed apples,…
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RECIPE: Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

When you’re having a crowd, a popular main course and fuss-free recipe is pulled pork. Pulled pork is a method of cooking where a tough cut of meat is cooked slowly at low temperatures, allowing the meat to become tender enough so that it can be “pulled,” or easily broken into tender pieces. This recipe…
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PRODUCT & GIFT: Perky Jerky, Now In Flavors

There’s only a week left until Christmas, but you can click on over to get a boat load of one of our favorite snacks for gifting: Perky Jerky. This is tender, flavorful gourmet jerky with a twist: the meat is caffeinated. The manufacturer calls it “the world’s first all-natural performance enhancing meat snack.” Anyone who…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The Best Way To Thaw Meat

We’ve got the two best ways to go from freezer to plate. Photo courtesy Mart2Go.com.   Many of us keep meat in the freezer and thaw it overnight in the fridge when we’re ready to use it. But how long can you keep that thawed meat before cooking it? Here’s the scoop from AG Local,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Choucroute Garnie

Now that there’s as chill in the air, the people of Alsace have been cooking up their famous recipe, Choucroute Garnie—pronounced shoo-CROOT gar-NEE and translating to dressed sauerkraut. The “dressing” consists of sausages and other salted meats and, typically, potatoes. It’s stick-to-your-ribs goodness on a chilly day. You know it’s autumn when the dish appears…
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