Since I Can't Give You the Finger Video, Here's a Baked Acorn Squash Tease

Due to certain high tech machinations and assorted Silicon Valley vagaries, it doesn't look like the chicken finger video will be flipped until Monday. In the meantime I thought I'd give you a little peak at these baked acorn squash. which will air in a recipe video very soon. Enjoy!

A Double Dip of Social Discourse

Sorry, but I'm still waiting for approval from the powers that be on the chicken fingers video, but here's a little double dip of silliness from a clip I shot to test the video camera on the new Nexus One Google phone.

This clip has sparked a huge debate on my Youtube channel over the dos and don'ts of double dipping. Hopefully we can have the same heated discussion here. Some say the DD is disgusting, others say it's been proven you don't get sick from this party foul. What do you think?

Honey Mustard Sauce - Something to Dip Your Fingers Into

Very soon, maybe tomorrow, I'm going to be airing a crispy chicken finger how-to video and this honey mustard sauce recipe would have made it too long, so I'm posting it separately.

One reason there was no extra time in the chicken recipe was, in addition to showing you how to make chicken fingers for your Super Bowl party, I'll also be showing off an exciting new gadget I've been using recently. Hint: think biggest smart phone launch ever.

In the meantime, make some sauce and get ready to do some serious dipping. Enjoy!




Ingredients:
1/3 cup real mayo
2 tbsp Dijon
2 tsp yellow mustard
1 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp hot sauce

Food Wishes Now Featured on YouTube's Ad Blitz Super Bowl Channel

It must be the wings. YouTube has just launched a Super Bowl channel that will feature all kinds of fun stuff for the big game, and we've been asked to share some of our favorite football fare.

They'll have analysis, predictions, recipes, drink ideas, and of course all those new commercials, which have become as big as the game.

So, check it out here and get your game plan together for Super Bowl XLIV! (that's 44 in football math)

Kick Out the Jams

Since I just posted that buttermilk biscuit recipe, I figured I better put out some jam. This video from my friend Liza de Guia at Food Curated focuses on specialty jam maker Laura O’Brien from Josephine’s Feast. Enjoy!

Read Liza's original post here

Boiling Down to Heightened Flavors: The Specialty Jams of Josephine's Feast *food curated* from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

Beautiful Buttermilk Biscuits

I won't give you my full list, but if I had to decide on 10 contests for a Great American Food Decathlon, the first event will be buttermilk biscuits. Sorry, but if you can't make buttermilk biscuits, you have no business attempting the other nine events.

Buttermilk biscuits are not so much a recipe, as they are a mythology. Secret knowledge passed down from generation to generation, mother to child, blogger to people like you.
This deceptively simple recipe can come out a million different ways with some very minor variations on the ingredients and amounts. This one's my favorite – flaky, but not dry; chewy, but not tough; crisp in just the right spots.This is a recipe you need to practice to really get a feel. Once you do, you can refine the formula to achieve your ultimate buttermilk biscuit. Some like their biscuits moist and tender, while others aren't happy unless they collapse into a buttery pile of crumbs.

In the video recipe, you'll notice I only cooked 10 biscuits. You can get a few more than that, but I only cooked the prettiest ones since, like the dinner rolls, this was made for the cookbook.

Anyone who makes the recipe below is encouraged to chime in. Thanks and enjoy!




Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into thin slices, chilled in freezer
3/4 cup cold buttermilk

View the complete recipe

Beans and Greens for New Year's Day? Good Luck with That!

One of the oldest culinary traditions in American cooking is serving beans and greens on New Year's Day. Tradition has it that eating "poor" on the first day of the year brings wealth and good fortune throughout the rest of the year.

The greens represent paper money, and the beans, usually black-eyed peas, coins. I've posted all my beans and greens videos below. You can also click the titles to read the original posting with ingredients. These recipes are so tasty, the fact that they may, or may not, bring prosperity won't seem to matter. Happy New Year, and enjoy!

Black Eyed Peas with Pork and Greens



Butter Beans with Bacon and Rocket



Italian Pork and Beans and Greens Recipe



Beans and Greens