Pumpkin Sage Pizza

  A year and change ago at Thanksgiving, I had more pureed pumpkin than I had pie so I decided to try a little something different with it. I browned onions, deglazed them with vermouth, seasoned and simmered them with pumpkin the result was a savory, pleasantly sweet sauce that was glorious on a pizza [...]

Spicy Apricot Pork Ribs and A Braai Under The Wire

I haven’t been using my grill very much this summer. I don’t  know why, since I love to barbecue. Yesterday, I got a wild hair and decided to grill up a rack of ribs. Normally, I would do more traditional ribs with a green chile rub and barbecue sauce, but I didn’t have all the [...]

Kofte

Kofte is the Turkish version of a Greek kefte, a Moroccan kefta, a Croatian cevapi or any number of spiced grilled ground meat. My current love is with the kofte served at my favorite local Turkish restaurant Real Doner*. Theirs is lightly spicy and complex in flavor, everything I want this dish to be.