So Kyle says, "We should cook a pig." What are you thinking - like a pork shoulder? "No, a whole pig." How would we get one? "Don't know yet." How would we cook it? Even a small pig wouldn't fit on the gas grill. "We make a roaster." And that is how it started. This [...]
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Summertime Musings – Roast Pork, Sauerkraut, Potato Salad
Saturday morning: Farmers market. Sunny, light breeze. My wife insists on beets. My children get churros from a Mexican bakery stand. Cucumbers, squash, greens, mixed sprouts, red onions, baby potatoes, the early harvest of summer. Oh, and sauerkraut. Jeff Ziebelman called me over and suggested I try a bit of their "Zauerkraut", delicious. Red cabbage [...]
Of Festivals and Fun
We will not often highlight current events, as the ambition of this website is to promote a larger understanding of an emergent culinary movement, not simply what is currently popular. Yet a number of events occurring the next few weeks are great opportunities to get out and experience the ethno-culinary inspiration that underpins Great Lakes [...]
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