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Mrs_Nihon kicked me out of the kitchen and made venison chili and corn bread. She added a pepper we bought at the farmer's market and it was the perfect amount of spice. It was so good!!

This morning I woke up early and decided to make a demi-glace. I watched several videos yesterday about how to do it, which traditionally starts with 10+ lbs of veal bones and mirepoix, all covered in tomato paste which is cooked for 24 hrs or more. As much as I would have loved to make that...

It's a cold and rainy morning in Virginia, so I decided to cook breakfast: toasted croissant, smoked salmon, and slow-cooked scrambled eggs with Kona coffee. Defiantly worth the effort!

Unfortunately, yes. I generally avoid farm raised fish, but this one slipped through.

I bought a whole salmon fillet this week, so I'm back with another salmon dish from Jean Pierre. "Hello there friends!" Salmon Papillote with Leeks & Shallots Fondue with a side of fresh golden tomatoes from our favorite farmers market. My wife reminded me that I've made a papillote a few...

Butter poached salmon with steamed asparagus and a saffron onion sauce. Since I had a big square of salmon skin, I decided to make crackling out of it. I've made this dish before and the wifey loves it. The crackling provided some good textural contrast to the melt-in-your-mouth salmon. I...

We went to see the vagrant American Flamingo in Pennsylvania this week. Many flamingos from Cuba and Mexico have been deposited around the eastern US due to Hurricane Idalia. It was remarkable, that a pair of these birds flew all the way to PA, and have been hanging out in a small pond doing...

Interesting qualifying results from Singapore today. Might make for an interesting race tomorrow!

Remember when I told you that I didn't have a Costco membership because I didn't need a gallon of mayo? I stand corrected!🤣

Another hot day in Virginia brings another cold dinner, so I browsed for cold summer recipes. I decided on a peach, prosciutto and mozzarella sandwich, that I paired with hummus and vegetables. Mrs_Nihon loved it! It was an odd combination at first glance, but after one bite she was...

That qualifies as a mayo sandwich, topped with lettuce, bacon and tomatoes! 🤣

I had to move halfway around the world twice to ditch them!

No commentary on needing to borrow money for $35 in cigars, but if Thompson gets your address, you'll have to move in order to get off their mailing list. Not kidding.

It's been hot and humid this week, and Mrs_Nihon works outside at a plant nursery, so when she got home last night I had prepared shrimp ceviche tacos and a watermelon salad, with arugula, toasted pine nuts and goat cheese. This is the first time I've made a ceviche and I was really surprised...

Tomatoes are in season in Virginia. Although my family had a vegetable garden when I was a kid, and I spent endless summers pulling weeds, it has only been this year that I’ve grown my own tomatoes. What better way to celebrate it than a BLT?

Like most of the above, I have a couple herfadors, 5 and 15 count. I bought them early in my journey so I paid full price but I don't regret having them.

Do you have a favorite vitola? If so, try some different brands of them. When I dipped my toe into Cubans, one of my early purchases was a Seleccion Robustos, five different brands of rubustos, which is my go to vitola. It gave me a good exposure to those brands and guided future purchases...

I never knew mermaids could sing! Congratulations on entering a new chapter of life!!

My wife and I were in Hawaii in Feb, and we went out one day to look for birds. We were standing at a vantage point along the road looking down on the beach and waves, when I spotted a couple of boobies flying just off the beach in the swells. "Hey, there's a pair of boobies!" I got a few...