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Cheddar and Scallion Biscuits with Ham

A well-balanced meal doesn't always mean protein, vegetables, and a starch. Sometimes balance is more about evoking a place or a feeling - thoughtful food that's playful and plays well together is how balance presents in our kitchen.

It all started with a mention of the Derby. I had a friend who attended one year - seersuckered and bourboned to the gills, his stories or food, drink, and carousing rivaled the best Big Easy tales. Hats and juleps the norm, the smell of cigars permeated everything.

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Ham Hock with Red Cabbage

We had a run on pork in our house - with another piggy coming in a few months, we really wanted to get through all of last year's pig in good fashion. Here's another recipe from the Granny pig section of Pork and Sons!

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Ham and Collard Ravioli

Okay, so I've admitted to being tired of ham & beans - and I'm nearly as tired of ham & greens too. But when Todd suggested this little variation, it inspired enough of the baker in me to want to tinker with homemade pasta. Besides, I'd recently had delectable plin at Serafina, and wanted to try my hand at something similar. We've made plenty of homemade pasta before, but this ravioli was a little more involved than my patience (and stomach) could handle.

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Tarbais Beans and Ham

Are you getting the sense yet that we're nearly done with our 1/2 piggy, Big Red or Dapple? It's true, we're down to one roast (which may become pulled pork sandwiches) and some ham steaks. This block of ham was the rest of what we'd made at the coast a few weeks back, resuscitated in tarbais beans. I picked these up from Kalustyans (NYC), and supposedly they're the real cassoulet beans. In any case, they were gigantic and lovely with ham and a bit of pili pili vinegar (also shown in the picture).

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