Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
With Thanksgiving over (even after giving away a ton of leftovers)… I still have quite a bit of turkey meat and stock in the refrigerator. (I make turkey stock every year from the leftover turkey carcass). We’ve now reached the point where we can no longer eat Thanksgiving leftovers without feeling bored… time to change [...]
In Italy, “piccata” is a method of preparing meat (typically veal) – the meat is sliced thinly or butterflied, tenderized, dredged in flour and cooked, then served in a sauce made from deglazed pan drippings. Here in the USA, the most well known version of this Italian dish is made with chicken and is served [...]
I love pickles…. especially the salty and sour kind! Kosher dill pickles, cornichons, giardineira, Japanese umeboshi… they’re all good. If you like pickles too, they are quite easy to make – simple refrigerator pickles can be made to taste (you can make them with all kinds of flavors and spices… whatever you like), and are [...]
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