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Survived seven brain surgeries to watch societal collapse.

Professional chef and historian coping proliferating plagues, fervent fascism, gruesome genocide and environmental evisceration.
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hoss @chefhoss.bsky.social · Nov 9
My Gathering of Friends meals have been about different friends sharing company over fantastic food and wine. It was a great excuse to practice (and do lots of dishes).

This year the auction winner welcomed me to the table in that vein to enjoy with them.
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#food #foodsky #finedining #wine
Place setting made by the host with a gold charger, a dinner plate covered by my printed menu and linen napkin, cutlery on the right. Passed appetizers: brussel sprout bruschetta on the left, bang bang grilled chicken skewers on the top, mini crab cakes on the bottom right. My sliced sourdough boule and whipped honey butter, using butter the host had from bees he keeps. Butternut squash tom kha gai soup with shimeji mushrooms and lime in a bowl set upon on a gold charger place setting.
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The snow clearing took a good hour (over 6" here). Before heading outside I threw these cottage (aka shepherd's were it made with lamb) pies in the oven for something warm afterwards: one with ground beef, the other vegetarian.

Served with steamed peas and brown sauce.
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#food #foodsky #dinner
The skeleton decoration covered with snow. Mise en place for cooking ground beef for a cottage pie. Two cottage pies: left with ground beef, the right with vegetarian "meat" crumbles. A large, floral print dinner plate and fork with a serving of vegetarian cottage pie, covered in brown sauce, served with peas.
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Looking out the window, it is very much winter. I recently accepted a job offer which requires me to drive a fair distance, hope it's worth it. To stay warm inside one last time, as a treat:

Apple-flaxseed oatmeal with cardamom, cinnamon, ginger and maple syrup.
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#food #foodsky #breakfast
Looking out the kitchen window, seeing a winter wonderland. Mise en place for apple stovetop oatmeal: oats and cracked flaxseed, chopped apples, spices, whole milk and dark brown sugar. Apple-flaxseed oatmeal in a white bowl with a spoon before being topped with real WI maple syrup.
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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A curry combination for lunch I've not had in quite some time, it's sweet and spicy:

Pineapple-jalapeno panang chicken curry.

Perfect for another chilly day.
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#food #foodsky #lunch #curry
Mise en place for pineapple-jalapeno panang curry: a saucepan with oil, chopped vegetables in a metal bowl, curry paste and coconut milk in cans, chopped pineapple and cooked chicken in a bag. A white bowl with jasmine rice and pineapple-jalapeno panang chicken curry, topped with peanuts.
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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In the midst of holiday cookie baking, pt. two, I needed to eat some lunch. Leftover utilization once again:

Korean fried rice with gochujang and soy sauce.
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#food #foodsky #lunch #leftovers
Mise en place for Korean fried rice: glass measuring cup with soy sauce/gochujang, minced vegetables, leftover jasmine rice, and a whisked egg next to a hot frying pan with sesame oil. A small white bowl on a black counter filled with Korean fried rice, ready with a fork.
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Warming soup for the soul tonight:

Potato leek soup with homemade Amish dinner rolls from King Arthur Baking, a new-to-me recipe.

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/amis...
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#food #foodsky #dinner #soup #bread
The Amish dinner rolls in a cast iron casserole dish after baking. Potato leek soup in a Dutch oven, using a recipe my Mum brought with her from the UK, waiting to be pureed.
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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My family's tradition every year is to make many different types of cookies to share with our family.

This year we have an early start and froze these two: Oreo truffles and butterscotch haystacks.

I'll add more to this post as we make them.
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#food #foodsky #cookies #holiday #Christmas #baking
Oreo chocolate truffles, topped with crumbled Oreos and sprinkles in a plastic container for freezing. A small number of butterscotch haystacks with marshmallows and peanuts on a parchment-lined sheet pan.
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Yesterday I tried a new-to-me bread recipe that incorporates two of my favorites: a preferment for increased flavor and flaxseed for nutrition.

Two-for-one multigrain sandwich bread from King Arthur Baking.
www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/two-...
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#food #foodsky #bread #baking
The preferment of water, Demerara sugar and a small amount of yeast. Two multigrain sandwich loaves on a cooling rack, not the prettiest loaves.
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Thanksgiving has passed, time to cook sometime different (sorry turkey).

Sous vide pork loin roast, charred on the smoky grill outside, served with homemade lemon-parmesan risotto and roasted mixed vegetables (parsnips and carrots).
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#food #foodsky #dinner #pork
Pork loin roast, seasoned and vacuum sealed, using the Food Saver vacuum sealer. The charred pork roast on a massive wooden cutting board, sliced with a slicer. Mise en place for risotto: toasting the arborio rice in the Dutch oven, mirepoix in the metal bowl, mixed dried herbs, vegetable stock in the measuring cup, parmesan and butter ready to finish. There's a spoon in another metal bowl at the top to stir and salt to season. A floral print dinner plate with three pieces of sous vide pork loin roast, vegetable risotto, roasted carrots and parsnips, homemade cranberry chutney; the fork at the top ready to start.
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Cannot say I've ever made a chutney before. It did, however, sound like a good way to incorporate cranberries into my family's Christmas turkey meal later this month and I'm going to use it for a pork roast tomorrow.

Cranberry-apple chutney with warming spices.
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#food #foodsky #cranberry
Brown sugar and water dissolving in a saute pan with cranberries, apple cider vinegar, chopped vegetables and apples in the metal bowl. The finished cranberry-apple chutney in a plastic container and plastic bag before freezing.
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Tonight for dinner, I thought I would try my take on vegetable minestrone soup:

Clean-out-the-fridge minestrone served with homemade rosemary focaccia and topped with WI parmesan.

A great way to utilize the less-than-perfect produce languishing in the crisper drawer.
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#food #foodsky #dinner
A white soup bowl filled with vegetable minestrone, topped with parmesan and a spoon, next to a small plate with rosemary focaccia.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Today's leftover and pantry pull for lunch:

Thai-flavored peanut noodle stir fry using leftover produce in the fridge before it goes bad. The spaghetti was leftover from last week's dinner.

I had ran something like this for a special while still working.
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#food #foodsky #lunch #leftovers
Making the base of the Thai-style peanut sauce and vegetables in the background. Mise en place for vegetable stir fry: sesame oil in the pan, peanut sauce in the metal bowl, chopped vegetables on a cutting board, leftover vegetables and pasta in the plastic containers. A large floral print dinner plate with a massive portion of Thai-inspired peanut noodle vegetable stir fry.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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It's rather white outside from the winery weather. I made a soup befitting the conditions:

Cauliflower soup with leftover purple potato dinner rolls, leftover from Thanksgiving, garnished with browned butter cauliflower florets.
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Mise en place for cauliflower soup: butter and cauliflower florets for the saucepan, cauliflower florets, leeks, onions, cauliflower stems, salt, white pepper, sherry vinegar on the right for the Dutch oven. Cauliflower soup, topped with browned butter cauliflower florets, in a white bowl, with three sweet potato dinner rolls on a side plate.
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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It brings me no joy to say that most of Wisconsin is under a winter weather warning. Could be over ten inches of snow here. 🫠 To warm the soul:

Apple-flaxseed oatmeal with warm spices and real WI maple syrup.
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#food #foodsky #breakfast
Stovetop oatmeal mise en place: oats and crushed flaxseed in pot for tossing, chopped apples and spices (nutmeg and cardamom on the right), brown sugar in the measuring cup. A white bowl brimming with apple-flaxseed oatmeal, topped with maple syrup and ready with a spoon.
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! While I'm thankful to be able to share it with my family don't forget the horrendous genocide that occurred on this continent in order for America to exist in the first place.

My lemon-thyme brined turkey was fabulous: moist and excellent flavor.
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#food #foodsky #Thanksgiving
Lemon-thyme brined turkey after a roast. Full Thanksgiving platter (clockwise from top): cranberry sauce, mac and cheese, lemon-thyme brined turkey, purple sweet potato dinner rolls, hashbrown casserole, sausage-leek dressing (center).
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I've always been a fan of pasta dishes, especially when I was young.

Earlier today we made a vegetarian tomato sauce in the crock pot, I added a bit of sweet Italian pork and topped with WI parmesan.
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#food #foodsky #dinner #pasta
A white bowl filled with spaghetti, topped with a slow cooker vegetable tomato sauce, cooked sweet Italian sausage and topped with WI cheese; a fork at the side and a napkin underneath.
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Yesterday's quesadilla fillings are tonight's burrito fillings:

I added some crimini mushrooms seasoned with chipotle, amongst other things, since I forgot them the other day.
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#food #foodsky #dinner
A nonstick pan with cooked mushrooms, onions and poblano next to a baby burrito on a floral print plate.
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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🚨 Friendly chef reminder! 🚨

Don't forget to thaw your turkey ahead of Thanksgiving this week. For maximum flavor and moisture retention, I highly recommend brining it (dry is less work).

I'm doing a lemon-thyme brine from my old job, then air drying in the fridge.
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#food #foodsky #Thanksgiving
A thawed turkey and a sheet pan and a lemon-thyme brine to be boiled. A 12# turkey in a Cambro container in a brine in the fridge.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Protein-packed way to start Sunday:

Banana foster oatmeal with flaxseed and walnuts, a hint of peanut butter, and topped with pure WI maple syrup.
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#food #foodsky #breakfast
Mise en place for banana foster oatmeal: melting butter in the saucepan, brown sugar in the tablespoon, sliced banana, oats, walnuts and flaxseed in the bowl, and maple syrup at the top. A thick and rich banana foster oatmeal with chunks of wants and caramelized banana in a white bowl with a spoon.
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Visiting my cousin and her husband for some board games today. The caraway rye loaf I made yesterday was to pair with a Ukrainian-style borscht that my cousin made, featuring some beets and beef short ribs, topped with sour cream and fresh dill.
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#food #foodsky #lunch #boardgames
Ukrainian-style beef short rib borscht with caraway rye bread. A game of Harmonies in progress.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Two baking projects from yesterday:
1-purple sweet potato dinner rolls that were frozen for my family's Thanksgiving meal,
2-caraway rye for dinner tonight (King Arthur Baking).

The rolls had an overnight sponge for 12 hours for maximum flavor development with cool color.
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The overnight sponge ferment in the mixing bowl on the left and cooked, mashed sweet potato on the right. The purple sweet potato dough rising in a Cambro container. 40 purple sweet potato dinner rolls cooling on a wire rack. Caraway rye loaf from King Arthur Baking.
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Quesadilla night for dinner with appropriate sides:

Poblano, jalapeno and onion chicken quesadilla with Mexican rice and refried beans (a freezer pull). Featuring mozzarella and spicy pepper jack, just to feel something.
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#food #foodsky #dinner
The Mexican rice drying on the left, a quesadilla cooking in a nonstick pan on the right. A chicken and pepper quesadilla, cut into thirds, with a large portion of of Mexican rice and refried beans on a floral print plate.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Lunchtime sandwich:

Turkey and avocado on homemade sourdough bread with WI cheddar, mayo, grainy mustard, banana peppers and kale, served with an apple and corn chips.
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#food #foodsky #lunch #sourdough
A large, floral print dinner plate with a turkey sandwich on homemade sourdough bread, loaded with avocado, kale, turkey, cheddar and banana peppers; served next to corn chips and a honeycrisp apple
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Dinner tonight, befitting the chilly weather and season:

Creamy, chunky potato soup with homemade sourdough from the freezer.

It was not one of my best loaves but it's still delicious.
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#food #foodsky #dinner #sourdough
A halved sourdough boule, only half of which is sliced for the dinner, on a wooden cutting board. A large, floral print dinner plate with a bowl of potato soup and spoon, next to three slices of buttered, homemade sourdough bread.
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I was visiting Milwaukee again today to have lunch with old coworkers. We visited my favorite Thai restaurant, the recently-renovated EE Sane. My entree:

Pad siew with tofu, nice and spicy (8/10 on their scale).
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#food #foodsky #lunch #thai
A plastic, wicker-looking plate with a large portion of tofu pad siew, a distant crab rangoon on the distant plate, chopsticks at the ready.
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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To have with our dinner I made this garlic herb monkey bread, a receipe from King Arthur Baking.

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/herb...
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#food #foodsky #dinner
Money bread in progress before it's rise and bake. Garlic and herb monkey bread fresh from the oven, nicely browned out of the Bundt pan, cooling on a wire rack.
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM