The giveaway from OpenSky includes all of the above: a signed copy of my new book, an awesome boos cutting board, all of our wood paddles and offset spoons, the most important knives you can own, and the most awesome and useful pot on the market.
Prescott Frost raises organic, grass-fed cattle in Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Prescott Frost)
One of the amazing and gratifying facets of internet e-commerce and communication, is that when I and my business partner Mac Dalton created the coolest wood paddles around we were told loud and clear that we hadn’t done enough. We had a small one and a humongous one, the awesome Spanker, but there was nothing in between. Now there is, thanks to you: The Spankette, created for readers who asked for it. You were right, and we got it right, we hope: the Spankette is the perfect all-purpose flat-edged wooden spoon for daily cooking, stirring that bolognese sauce, that mushroom risotto, gently scraping the bottom of the pan as you stir to prevent scorching and sticking. And they’re beautiful, as Donna’s photo below shows.
The paddle trio: The Spanker, The Spankette, and The Spankie.
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Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
This week, two enthusiastic cook-bloggers, Cathy Barrow, of Washington, DC, and Kim Foster, of New York City, put a name to their joint efforts in curing duck breasts for duck prosciutto, hashtagging it on Twitter #charcutepalooza. Their aim, one Charcuterie challenge per month. A splendid idea, I thought. The more cooking and curing that people do, the better the world is. And the duck prosciutto is a perfect way to begin, an all but foolproof form of dry curing. They've asked me to weigh in when needed and I will. To their amazement, and my delight, 54 bloggers at last count have embraced the charcutepalooza challenge. MrsWheelBarrow has the how what where on her site. Join them in their monthly charcuterie quests! May the body of charcuterie be with you.
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As some readers know, I and my buddy Mac have begun to manufacture new cooking tools that we love, and we're already getting great feedback. We love The Spanker, above (photo by Donna, thanks hon!)—the big paddle for stirring big pots. There's simply nothing out there like it that we could find. I'll be using it to stir a double batch of Hoppin' John for a New Year's Day fete. But my mom said it was too big for her—she never cooked in batches that would require this bad boy. Another reader said the same, but added that she loved the paddles she'd received so much that she'd have been happy to pay the same amount for two small paddles.
This is exactly the kind of feedback we need, and because we've produced our tools in ...
Who would have thought I'd have a future with the man showing off his new Scooby Doo underwear in my kitchen at a New Year's Day celebration? Yet here we are! Mac Dalton and I have conspired to create a small number of cooking tools that were either hard to find, non-existent or that we simply love.
The man with the Scooby Doo boxers
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