Sauce - Blog Posts

Sauces - Berry Cranberry Sauce Cranberries, blueberries, and raspberries team up for a fruity version of cranberry sauce to serve alongside holiday main dishes.

Iana's Pasta con le Sarde - Cuisine - Italian This traditional Sicilian pasta dish is topped with bread crumbs flavored with garlic and olive oil and has sardines, fennel, and pine nuts in the sauce.

Cilantro-Lime Yogurt Sauce

Cuisine - Chinese - Chinese Pork Rib Tips

Creamy Garlic Shrimp Toast - Seafood - Shrimp Sweet, butterflied shrimp in a garlicky cream sauce with a smoky paprika flavor are served over thick slices of buttery, pan-toasted French bread in Chef John's simple recipe for two!

Side Dish - Sauces - Fantastic Homemade Pizza Sauce Thanks to the addition of fresh herbs, red wine, garlic, and onions, this homemade pizza sauce is a hit. After a prolonged simmer and an overnight rest in the refrigerator, the flavors develop.

Buffalo Chicken Bites - Meat and Poultry - Chicken Breast Pan-fried buffalo chicken bites are served with a garlic hot sauce and will be in high demand at your next football-watching gathering.

Side Dish - Hearty Meat Sauce

Appetizers and Snacks - Creamy Mustard Dipping Sauce for Shellfish You'll be surprised how tasty steamed shrimp or crab are with this creamy mayonnaise-mustard dip with a hint of heat.

Sauces and Condiments - Teriyaki Chicken Thigh Skewers You'll have dinner on the table in no time at all with these chicken thigh skewers because they come together so quickly. Dinner will be ready in 20 minutes if everything is prepared the previous day.

Mustard-Cream Pan Sauce - Side Dish - Sauces This quick and easy spicy steak sauce can be made!

Sauces and Condiments - Supreme Strawberry Topping

Not my art, but.. guess what I got in the mail? A while ago, in fact, but I’m only getting around to posting about it now because I’ve given up on finding my digital camera to take pictures. Let me just say:  this thing... is gorgeous. The pictures do not do it justice. For one, some of the edges of the cuts here and there look a bit rough in the image, and the surface seems a little scruffy (this is the wip version, though). The final piece is nicely polished, and it is very shiny indeed, top to bottom. Also: it’s double sided, which I was not expecting, so there’s a face on both sides with a sheet of aluminum sandwiched between them... (both sides use the same design) Accordingly, I have dubbed the pendant “Orthrus,” after Cerberus’ two headed sibling. I wasn’t quite sure about the actual size when I ordered it, It looks larger in the picture... my best estimate from the image was around two, maybe three inches across, possibly more, and I was worried it might look ostentatious, but the actual pendant is slightly more an inch across: the little details are extremely fine, and overall it looks as elegant as it does fierce. Well worth every last penny.

The cord is a little short, almost but not quite long enough to actually fit over my head, but that’s hardly a consideration. The “lobster claw” style clasp handles easily enough, and I like the height it hangs at, so I hesitate to even complain about it.

I’m a rather sentimental fellow, to be honest: I wear three items around my neck, every day, without fail: “fin,” a small, steel dolphin pendant, (a keepsake from the estate of a dearly cherished aunt who passed away some years ago), as well as a pewter medallion of a stylized foxes face, dubbed “Ren,” (after ‘renard’, the french word for fox), who was a gift to me from the fellow who taught me a thing or two about metalworking back in the day. I’m happy to have these two items joined by Orthrus* here, as I’ve dubbed the new pendant... I’ve been following Saucy’s development as an artist for some time, even before he got into metalwork, and I consider him a good friend, so I’m very pleased to add this piece to my assortment of accoutrements. Doesn’t hurt that I’m rather fond of small metal shiny things in general, and this pendant is very shiny.

I have a personal policy about money: when the occasional windfall comes my way, I make sure to spend some of it on something that will last, instead of just buying crates of jujubes and chocolate milk to gorge myself on for a week or so. Previous acquisitions include my 42 inch monitor, and before that was an intuos4 medium Waccom tablet. Things that have served me quite well for many years, and continue to do so even now. When my most recent windfall came through, I knew exactly what I wanted, and picked up one of these pendants. I have no doubt that I shall cherish it for years to come.

I’ve made a number of suggestions for LeakyCrucibleFoundry designs since the venture started up, so it was about time I got around to procuring one of their products myself. I’ll probably pick up a few more, in due time.

*I considered naming the pendant Syzygy, after the wolf character from my comic project, but elected not to since I didn’t want people to get confused about which of the two I was talking about in conversation.

At any rate: I’m rambling now. tl;dr, I love this pendant, excellent quality... 9.5/10, would wolf again. X3

One of our signature wolf pendants, ready to send off.

Blackberry Cake Filling - Desserts This blackberry cake filling only requires 3 ingredients and is quick and easy to prepare.

Spicy Caramel Chicken - Chicken Thigh Chunks of chicken browned and caramelized in hot oil with hot and sweet peppers are simmered in a flavorful ginger-soy sauce in this updated version of Chef John's Spicy Caramel Chicken.

Seafood - Tilapia with Creamy Sauce This healthy creamy tilapia dish is quick, simple, and delicious! This dish, which is artistically drizzled with sauce and placed on a bed of rice, is absolutely gorgeous.

Main Dishes - Chicken - Chicken Primavera Alfredo Chicken strips, green and red bell peppers, and mushrooms are cooked in butter, then stirred into a creamy, comforting Alfredo sauce with fettuccini in this delicious chicken primavera Alfredo dish.

Sauces - Basic Spicy Tomato Sauce

Cuisine - Tofu and Ground Pork with Peas

Appetizers and Snacks - Grilled Marinated Shrimp This shrimp marinade makes the best shrimp, especially for grilling. Try this quick and easy recipe that makes the perfect addition to any dish.