Homemade ricotta
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying Five golden rings Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge in a pear tree. I spend so much…
Butter: browned, clarified, and ghee
This one is for my dad, who makes fun of me for carrying McGee with me whenever I travel and then peppers me with food science questions that I need to look up (immediately) in my reference book of choice….
Rendering leaf lard
I may be a butcher shop groupie. One of the butchers at a local restaurant made the mistake of mentioning that they get whole hogs delivered on Wednesday afternoon and then cut them up right there behind the counter. So…
