New Year's Resolution

I like to cook, so this blog is going to be about some foods that I like to cook. And some food ideas that I don't know if I like yet because I haven't tried them. And maybe about some foods that I don't even know exist yet.

I also like music, so maybe I'll throw in some good musical selections for cooking.

I don't like to drive in traffic, so I'll avoid that topic altogether.

I will enter one food idea each day. Some recipes that I have made up in the past, some that are just ideas in the gestation process and have not come to full fruition, and maybe some that I steal from the Food Network. Maybe one day I'll just write the name of a fruit. Hopefully that doesn't happen too often. I trust that my audience knows its fruits quite well.


I love ribs. But not in the catchy Chili's theme song sort of way that you're thinking.
Short ribs.
I don't even know what part of the cow they come from. Do cows have different size ribs? My ribs tend to be all pretty much uniform length.






Here's how I might make short ribs:
-Port Wine
-Beef Broth
-Bay Leaves
-Onion
-Shallot
-Orange Zest
-Cinnamon
-Currants

Saute the onion and shallot, put all the stuff together and braise (don't actually know the definition of braise) or maybe just throw in the slow cooker. That always works.
Then, reduce the juices into a delicious demi-glace (again, way out of my scope of practice here), really emphasizing the citrus. The idea is to make a really flavorful port wine reduction with some orange flavor. Maybe even carmelize the onion and shallot with some orange marmelade.

Serve with leafy greens, maybe polenta. Pureed parsnips are supposed to be in this year, but I'll have to get back to you on that.