Chef Erik Hoover

TGIF.

One of my favorite things. “Eggs on Bread”, Mom used to call it. Hard boiled eggs on buttered bread with S&P. 7 minutes in Instant Pot makes for easy peeling and today I gussied it up by toasting bread.

Just a little something to think about. Have a great week.

The USDA has launched screwworm.gov, a new, centralized source of information regarding New World screwworm (NWS). The pest is not in the U.S., but the federal government is leading an aggressive response to protect our nation’s livestock, wildlife, and public health from the deadly insect.

Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture

I couldn’t wait to get out of this building in the early 90’s. Here I am volunteering now. Weird.

A missed flight turned into a couple days in Dublin. Full Irish breakfast, St. Patrick’s, Guinness, fish and chips, Spice Bag, Book of Kells, Temple Bar, Brazen Head and coddle.

Today we got to walk Sanary sur Mer. Terrine, eel, patisserie. Also got to try panisse, which is made with chick pea flour, salt, water and olive oil. It seems to me like a kissing cousin to cade from Toulon or farinata from Italy, which is more like a flatbread. However much I love the complicated French recipes, I have so much respect for simple, inexpensive foods that feed many for little cost and effort.