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Category: Cold Weather Food

Jeff Lobb’s Herbed Rack of Pork and Trine Hahnemann’s Red Cabbage

Jeff Lobb’s Herbed Rack of Pork and Trine Hahnemann’s Red Cabbage

Our friend Jeff Lobb is a wonderful cook and entertains beautifully. Especially when his partner Don is in the kitchen with him.  And if Jeff is famous for one dish above all others, it is his fondness for Rack of Pork that stands out.  This…

Who knew Chicken Soup could be this simple…and this good!

Who knew Chicken Soup could be this simple…and this good!

Roast Chicken gone wrong. About a week ago, I had the Roast Chicken urge.  You know the one where you imagine a perfect roast chicken, brilliantly browned and crisp, with melt-in-your-mouth tender white and dark meat?  Well I duly went out and bought quite an…

Spicy Chicken Vegetable Soup

Spicy Chicken Vegetable Soup

I was tempted to call this “Kitchen Sink Soup”.  But that would do no justice to this amazing concoction which took the chill out of a very chilly weekend.  It also was so easy to make, I realized that it would entirely possible to make…

French Onion Soup in a Flash!

French Onion Soup in a Flash!

         King Louis XV  Who doesn’t love a bowl of French Onion Soup? Topped with melted Gruyère cheese over crusty bread, your spoon digs into the bowl to get to the rich beef and onion broth.  It’s a classic recipe that became…

Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie

           Today, I want to share an original recipe that I put together to launch Chewing The Fat. I hope to make this blog a place you’ll come back to again and again when you’re looking for great things to eat, great places to go…