works of wanderlust

Category: tucking in

  • Ten Deliciously Bready Ideas for Using Your Cast Iron

    I love sandwiches, wraps, and more. Putting almost anything between, atop, or inside bread …and toasting it up on a cast iron pan (of course!) makes for a great meal… or just a quick snack. Here are 10 Friday ideas for putting that iron to work for a hot treat. 1. Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Simple:

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  • Iceland: Rotten Like a Shark

    It’s Travel Tuesday and digging through my collection of interesting travel pictures I’m reminded of a half-dozen years ago when we went on a ten day family vacation in Iceland. My goals for that trip were: Find lots of epic scenery. Take lots of amazing photos. Eat lots of interesting foods. Hákarl is an Icelandic

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  • Guinness Sourdough (Part Two)

    Guinness stout has a very distinctive flavour. You either like it or you don’t. I do. My wife could go the rest of her days without another pint and not miss it. This past Saturday I tried to borrow some of that distinctive flavour for a loaf of sourdough. How? Simply by replacing the tap

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  • Guinness Sourdough (Part One)

    Guinness Sourdough (Part One)

    Six months before the pandemic lockdown began, we took one of our last major family vacations. The details of that trip are best left for another day, and another post, but the point is that on a rainy afternoon in August 2019 I found myself touring the Guinness Storehouse brewery tour in Dublin, Ireland. I’ve

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  • Ten Breakfast Foods that Cook Up Great in Cast Iron

    Breakfast. For many it’s considered the most important meal of the day. For others, it is a way of life. Here are 10 ideas for cooking a hot first meal of the day in your cast iron. Eggs. Fried. Scrambled. Sunny-side up with a bit of butter, salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Served over toast

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