Alert but Anxious Tarragon Mustard
@howardvaan.bsky.social
I like food and drink and music and geopolitics. I live in Basel.
Confit complete. Before serving, I will crisp in a hot oven.
October 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Confit complete. Before serving, I will crisp in a hot oven.
I’m going to confit some duck legs. This is 1.25kg of duck fat
October 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’m going to confit some duck legs. This is 1.25kg of duck fat
Made a bean stew
Charred onion and bell pepper, guajillo, ancho, passila, chipotle - blended with a tin of tomato
Chorizo, onion, bell peppers, oregano, paprika - fried
Add black and butter beans. Add the chilli mix, add dark beer and game stock
Simmer for a couple of hours
Charred onion and bell pepper, guajillo, ancho, passila, chipotle - blended with a tin of tomato
Chorizo, onion, bell peppers, oregano, paprika - fried
Add black and butter beans. Add the chilli mix, add dark beer and game stock
Simmer for a couple of hours
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Made a bean stew
Charred onion and bell pepper, guajillo, ancho, passila, chipotle - blended with a tin of tomato
Chorizo, onion, bell peppers, oregano, paprika - fried
Add black and butter beans. Add the chilli mix, add dark beer and game stock
Simmer for a couple of hours
Charred onion and bell pepper, guajillo, ancho, passila, chipotle - blended with a tin of tomato
Chorizo, onion, bell peppers, oregano, paprika - fried
Add black and butter beans. Add the chilli mix, add dark beer and game stock
Simmer for a couple of hours
Not at all authentically Italian, but very tasty.
Spicy sausage and prawn pasta bake:
Pork and fennel sausage
Bacon
Prawns, chopped
Bell peppers
Jalapeños
Onion
Garlic
Gochujang
Gochujar
Chopped tomato
Red wine vinegar
Oregano
Smoked salt
Small mozzarella balls
Short rigatoni
30 mth aged parmesan
Spicy sausage and prawn pasta bake:
Pork and fennel sausage
Bacon
Prawns, chopped
Bell peppers
Jalapeños
Onion
Garlic
Gochujang
Gochujar
Chopped tomato
Red wine vinegar
Oregano
Smoked salt
Small mozzarella balls
Short rigatoni
30 mth aged parmesan
August 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not at all authentically Italian, but very tasty.
Spicy sausage and prawn pasta bake:
Pork and fennel sausage
Bacon
Prawns, chopped
Bell peppers
Jalapeños
Onion
Garlic
Gochujang
Gochujar
Chopped tomato
Red wine vinegar
Oregano
Smoked salt
Small mozzarella balls
Short rigatoni
30 mth aged parmesan
Spicy sausage and prawn pasta bake:
Pork and fennel sausage
Bacon
Prawns, chopped
Bell peppers
Jalapeños
Onion
Garlic
Gochujang
Gochujar
Chopped tomato
Red wine vinegar
Oregano
Smoked salt
Small mozzarella balls
Short rigatoni
30 mth aged parmesan
Lunch at Gasthof Sternen in Wangen. White wine soup followed by rösti with ham and fried egg (there is an excellent rösti under the ham in the pic)
August 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Lunch at Gasthof Sternen in Wangen. White wine soup followed by rösti with ham and fried egg (there is an excellent rösti under the ham in the pic)
Elon Musk’s status at Starbase has the same vibe as Zardoz.
May 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Elon Musk’s status at Starbase has the same vibe as Zardoz.
On Sunday I made these pastry-less tarts for my breakfasts over the next week. Egg, cottage cheese, cornflour, gruyère, chorizo, tomato, spring onion. Easy to reheat in the morning.
May 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
On Sunday I made these pastry-less tarts for my breakfasts over the next week. Egg, cottage cheese, cornflour, gruyère, chorizo, tomato, spring onion. Easy to reheat in the morning.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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ChatGPT asked me the same question I asked you!
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
ChatGPT asked me the same question I asked you!
Asparagus and wine both from Martin Waßmer. Quite pleased with my hollandaise.
May 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Asparagus and wine both from Martin Waßmer. Quite pleased with my hollandaise.
Here’s what I’m currently reading . Papers written between 1997 and 2007, but preshadows many of today’s concerns
May 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here’s what I’m currently reading . Papers written between 1997 and 2007, but preshadows many of today’s concerns
It might look sloppy but it tastes great. Here’s some I made myelf.
April 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It might look sloppy but it tastes great. Here’s some I made myelf.
Made @jayrayner1.bsky.social ‘s steak bake recipe. Used shallots instead of onions, beef shin, pure butter pastry + added Truff truffled hot sauce
April 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Made @jayrayner1.bsky.social ‘s steak bake recipe. Used shallots instead of onions, beef shin, pure butter pastry + added Truff truffled hot sauce
I hope these aren’t impacted
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I hope these aren’t impacted
I loved the mice when they sang “we will build it”
April 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I loved the mice when they sang “we will build it”
Cordon bleu with potatoes cookec with bacon at the Alpina Beizli in Weil am Rhein
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Cordon bleu with potatoes cookec with bacon at the Alpina Beizli in Weil am Rhein
Made myself a banh mi as a take-to-work lunch. Kewpie mayo on both faces of a baguette, paté, cooked ham, roast pork, cucumber, home made pickled carrots, chilli sauce, soy sauce, coriander
March 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Made myself a banh mi as a take-to-work lunch. Kewpie mayo on both faces of a baguette, paté, cooked ham, roast pork, cucumber, home made pickled carrots, chilli sauce, soy sauce, coriander
Bar snack
March 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Bar snack
Had an Ikea hotdog. Now this.
March 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Had an Ikea hotdog. Now this.
Exactly
March 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Exactly
Currently enjoying lunch at Wistub Brenner in Colmar. Here’s my veal entrecote with morels main course.
March 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Currently enjoying lunch at Wistub Brenner in Colmar. Here’s my veal entrecote with morels main course.
Lunch: bulduk xtra spicy chicken ramen cooked in milk. I glazed a chicken breast in soy, honey, rice vinegar, gochujar. Poached an egg in the ramen.
February 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Lunch: bulduk xtra spicy chicken ramen cooked in milk. I glazed a chicken breast in soy, honey, rice vinegar, gochujar. Poached an egg in the ramen.
Nah . . .
February 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Nah . . .
Lambs lettuce, lardons, quails eggs with piment d’espelette, turkey+sage+onion meatballs, roast potatoes, cabbage braised in veal stock then tarte tatin with fior di latte ice cream.
January 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Lambs lettuce, lardons, quails eggs with piment d’espelette, turkey+sage+onion meatballs, roast potatoes, cabbage braised in veal stock then tarte tatin with fior di latte ice cream.