Category Archives: Cooking

Posts about cook­ing and recipes.

SlowCooker: Pulled Pork: Sauce Made of Sauces.

Posted on 2015-01-07 by dgilbert

I was leaf­ing through recipe ideas the oth­er day and came across Pulled Pork for the Slow­Cook­er.  The slow­cook­er is great for soups and stews and I always enjoy find­ing anoth­er recipe for it.  Pulled pork is tra­di­tion­al­ly a south­ern … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Rack of Lamb: Moroccan Spice

Posted on 2015-01-02 by dgilbert

A lit­tle cook­ing diver­sion: A Moroc­can Spiced Rack of Lamb.  I have some more stand-mix­er bak­ing to do, but my most recent attempt was lack-lus­ter.  More about that when I get it right.  This arti­cle is about our new year’s … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Stand-Mixer #2 White Bread

Posted on 2014-12-30 by dgilbert

Since the stand-mix­er cheese bis­cuits were such an unqual­i­fied suc­cess, we man­aged to pick up some yeast to facil­i­tate some bread mak­ing.  First up is some “plain old” white bread.  Besides the fact that I am actu­al­ly white, ango-sax­on and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Stand-Mixer #1 Cheese Biscuits

Posted on 2014-12-28 by dgilbert

I will write a sep­a­rate arti­cle with my thoughts on my Stand-Mix­er and Stand-Mix­ers in gen­er­al, but right now I’m quite excit­ed to write a few short arti­cles about the won­der­ful things I’ve made with the Stand-Mix­er; the very first … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Bacon Ribbon Campaign: Get the T‑Shirt

Posted on 2011-08-31 by dgilbert

Bacon is pret­ty much all-good.  Bacon is “meat can­dy.”  To pro­mote “Bacon Aware­ness” our friends over at Cafe Press have cre­at­ed this great T‑Shirt.  Show your Bacon Spir­it by wear­ing this T out­side the house! It’s fun, I sup­pose.  The visu­al … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Gilbert’s Bacon Log v2.0: The Bacon-Shrimp Log

Posted on 2011-01-17 by dgilbert

Since the Christ­mas Bacon Log was such a suc­cess, when my wife was try­ing to decide what she want­ed for her birth­day din­ner, I sug­gest­ed a “Bacon-Shrimp” Log.  Chris­tine likes any­thing with shrimp and the idea of a bacon-shrimp log … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Gilbert’s Bacon Log v1.0

Posted on 2011-01-04 by dgilbert

I have to admit that I’m a com­mit­ted fan of the Repub­lic of Bacon.  Bacon is the ulti­mate meat can­dy and I’m dying to try out their recipe for Bacon Cook­ies, but the sub­ject of this post is the Bacon … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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