Kitchen Essentials Archives ⋆ Uncle Jerry's Kitchen

Introducing The Good Gravy Cookbook : 10 Essential Recipes Every Cook Should Know (Or, I wrote a book!)

by Jerry | Aug 12, 2016 | Cookbooks, Kitchen Essentials, Product Spotlight | 3 comments

Hey guys, Jerry here with an announcement I’ve been dying to make for a very long time. I wrote a cookbook! The Good Gravy Cookbook : 10 Essential Recipes Every Cook Should Know, is available on Amazon for just 99 cents. It’s a short, sweet and to-the...

Shells & Cheese with Chorizo, Avocado and Lime

by Jerry | Nov 22, 2013 | Comfort Food, Cookbooks, Kitchen Essentials, Main Dish, Pork Recipes, Recipes, Side Dishes | 8 comments

My definition of a great cookbook is not based on the fact that it’s full of great recipes. It’s also not based on whether those recipe work as written: they should work as written. If they don’t, the book is a wall-thumper. My definition of a...

Mexican Rice (Red Chile Rice)

by Jerry | Feb 23, 2012 | Comfort Food, Cookbooks, Kitchen Essentials, Recipes, Regional Recipes, Side Dishes, South American, Texas | 2 comments

Lisa Fain may have just saved me from ever setting foot in another over hyped super-chain Tex-Mex restaurant. If you don’t know who Lisa is by name, I’m sure you’re already familiar with her blog, The Homesick Texan or her cookbook, The Homesick...

Chicken Pilaf with Cilantro

by Jerry | Feb 19, 2012 | Comfort Food, Cookbooks, Kitchen Essentials, Recipes, Regional Recipes, Side Dishes, Texas | 3 comments

If you’re looking for a simple, succulent, silky addition to any meal, this is it. A true classic from Dallas, TX, originally chronicled in The Great American Cookbook, by Clementine Paddleford. This is my take on Mrs. A. L. DeGuire’s chicken pilaf, a...

Cat Cora, Cooking From the Hip

by Jerry | Feb 25, 2008 | Cookbooks, Kitchen Essentials | 0 comments

Ladies and gents, I just received my copy of Cat Cora’s Cooking from the hip. I’ve only had a moment to flip through it at this point, but at first glance I get the feeling I’ll be visiting this book often. I’ll let you know more when...

Doctor’s Orders, My Sweet Vegan

by Jerry | Dec 9, 2007 | Kitchen Essentials | 1 comment

It’s not often that I have to look at the title of a food blog post twice. But when the master of meat himself, the preeminent carnivore of the food blogging world and self proclaimed prof of meat, Dr. Biggles, PhM, of MeatHenge tells me I need to go look at a...