My Cooking Quest

Whole Beef Tenderloin with Honey and Worcestershire Crust

joejhorn — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:44:30 +0000

I made this last night from Adam Perry Lang’s Serious BBQ Book. Awesome! The best part is the crust that will form as you cook the meat. I will make this again and plan on trying the paste, rub and glaze on tri-tip as well. One 5 pound whole beef tenderloin, trimmed and tied Paste: 1 tablespoon mustard 1 [...]

Spicy Chipotle Pork Tacos with Sun-Dried Tomato Salsa

joejhorn — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:33:28 +0000

Perfect, Yum, Right on. HOT, maybe use less chili if you don’t like some pretty good heat. I made this a few weeks back and loved the technique for cooking the tenderloins. I’ve used it again with other spices this past week. Spicy Chipotle Pork Tacos with Sun-Dried Tomato Salsa Recipe by Rick Bayless 2 (about 1 pound [...]

Gorditas with Classic Shredded Beef

joejhorn — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:18:13 +0000

I want to write. I have a ton to say. I want to give you a ton of information about factory farming and how horribly we treat farm animals. I want to tell you not to eat any pork from an animal that was raised in a metal pen, 7 feet long by 2 feet [...]

Chorizo and Roasted Pepper Tacos

joejhorn — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:57:07 +0000

No picture, no story. I just wanted to get this down so I can remember it for the future. It was excellent! Melted Cheese Casserole with Mexican Sausage and Roasted Chiles (adapted from a Rick Bayless recipe) Ingredients 2 medium fresh poblano chiles or fresh pasilla chiles 8 ounces Chorizo Sausage 1 medium white onion, sliced 12 corn tortillas 8 ounces Mexican [...]

Grilled Skirt Steak Fajitas with a Dry Rub

joejhorn — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:05:08 +0000

So long time no talk, how are you guys all doing? Dish is doing great and we have a big summer coming up. I must say everyone is working harder this year to stay above last year, but so far we have been on track. We are definately not growing like last year, but we [...]

Dirty Rice – Rice with Ground Beef

joejhorn — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:06:40 +0000

Not much of a story here. No picture for that matter. But I do have a really simple and really tasty recipe for rice and ground meat. I’ve cooked this recipe three or four times now and I have to put it into my blog so I don’t forget it. As for my life, business is [...]

No Knead Honey Whole Wheat Bread

joejhorn — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:44:34 +0000

We cut open the Applegate Farms, Oven Roasted Turkey Breast on Friday and the consensus was that it tasted like actual turkey and that is was awesome. We sell a ton of turkey in the restaurant so I was really concerned that we might not like the new product. With very few antibiotic-free, sustainable and [...]

Super Rad Pot Roast before spring

joejhorn — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:18:55 +0000

I’ve been busy to say the least. Busy gaining weight, busy eating a ton of food… good and bad, busy trying to learn as much as I can about factory farming, busy trying to start a Slow Food chapter in Reno and busy trying to overhaul the kinds of meat products we are using at [...]

Humanely Raised Meats

joejhorn — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:16:37 +0000

Things have been going well for us at the restaurant and at home. Business has still been strong so far this year and sales are up for the first two months over last year! Hurray for that. As for me, well I haven’t been working out, or blogging. I have been cooking on and off and [...]

Stuff to Come

joejhorn — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:49:18 +0000

Here is what I’ve been making. I will get some recipes up soon. Let me know what you would like to see first Lasagna Bolognese Whole Wheat No Knead Bread Meatballs from A16 Cookbook Pesto Tomato with Pasta – Taste better than it looks haha Pot Roast with some awesome carmelized onions And Short Ribs [...]