. . .and Today

Tonight, I cooked a couple of recipes from The Silver Spoon, a book that has been used in Italy for years, but was only recently translated for us lowly Americans. It is full of very simple recipes (and some not so simple ones) that Italians use daily. I picked a seared rosemary porkloin cooked in butter and olive oil recipe and an accompanying potato dish recipe for dinner tonight. Some photos are posted below.

Finally, I made good on a recipe that began about a week ago. Tina's birthday gift cookbook, from which I gleaned a pickling recipe and a butter making recipe, also had a bacon recipe in it. The curing took a week and the final step, the smoking process, was completed today. Here's what the finished product looks like. I will let you know how it tastes soon.

~Josh