Braised Lamb Shank with Ras El Hanout, photos by donna
Earlier in the season, I taped a grilling demo for a new Cleveland company called Sideways, specializing in digital publishing, including the eponymous magazine for the iPad (next issue is out Monday, youtube promo here). It accompanied my story on grilling. The idea that the iPad can include multiple pix (even a flip-pad presentation of cooking technique), video, text and recipes is exciting and Sideways was the first company I know of to create such a work. I think this video is too long, more than 15 minutes, or it needs to be broken into shorter chapters, but it's not bad for a first try. They recently posted it to youtube, so here it is. Grilling 101, human's original cooking method: Spatchcocked chicken, grilling asparagus, and grilling ...
Last weekend's haul from our Geauga County farmers, a "family" share, photo by donna
Why DON'T we trace a cake pan and cut out the circle with scissors? Because its easier faster and more accurate to fold and cut with a knife! I line a cake pan with a circle so that it comes out clean. I put a parchment circle with a hole in the middle over braising things like lamb shanks and short ribs to allow some reduction. Video by Donna using my iPhone (gosh I love my ((G3)) iPhone).
Stephen Budiansky thinks so: NYTimes op-ed.
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