Rich's Rustic Cooking

Tamales, Yum Yum

2008-04-03T14:19:00.001-07:00

Here is a simplified break down of the tamale process. Good meat, slow cooked to perfection. The wrapping process is not pictured as my hands get to covered in goo to handle a camera. The best step is the 3rd picture, where you get to put the fork to the plate. Yum Yum

Get Some Dog Treats--- On Sale Now 10% off of both size packages

2008-02-20T17:40:00.001-08:00

More dogs lurking........

2008-02-20T16:52:00.000-08:00

Well I have been cooking pizzas, they are so easy and the oven makes the house nice and warm for a minute. It seems that every time I pull one out of the oven there is a dog or two somewhere.
As you can see Champ's buddy Sue came over for dinner and thought she was gonna get some pizza. Nope, kibble for the both of ya. The pizza on the right is has fresh tomatoes and some venison steak on it. The one on the left is a standard "supreme" meat and veggies.
The lower pic is quite possible one the most recent Big Foot Sightings that I have seen. Seems he trying to run away and kicking up some snow.

Hope all is well out there, Rich

Cookies Yum Yum!

2008-02-04T11:41:00.000-08:00

I will also selling Valentine Cookies by the dozen! Load up! Call now! Everybody LOVES sugar cookies.

Valetine Days Special-Cater to Your Valentine

2008-02-03T18:00:00.000-08:00

A couple of roses, bottle of wine, two glasses, pesto stuffed chicken breast, steamed green beans, stuffed mushrooms, a nice piece of bread, and a dessert to be announced--all packed in a basket and delivered to your door. $110.00 Call now!!! 928 699 0232 ask for Rich.

Need orders to be placed by February 12th so I can round up all the accoutrements. Call now 928 699 0232 ask for Rich.

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Pizzas

2008-01-28T10:41:00.000-08:00

Yes, if you look close you will see that these are two different pizzas with the same hungry looking mongrel present in the background. If you look really close you will notice that the left one is the later image due to the shaggy fur present on the hound. In both instances the dog "Champ" did not get to nibble on the delicious pizzas, as his masters are generally quite ravenous when it comes to pizza and they didn't last much longer than the click of the camera.
Thought it might be good to get some more food pictures on here and here are a couple. The rock up top is out by Canyon Diablo and I thought it looked kinda cool.
Trying to come up with a special for Valentines Day I was thinking of something along the lines of of: Pea Pesto Stuffed Grilled Chicken Breast, Steamed Greenbeans, Stuffed Mushrooms, Oatmeal Cake w/Cream Cheese Icing, and a nice bottle of Wine delivered to your doorstep. Also a Tri Tip with same sides would be good. I'll have to work on the logistics. If anyone is interested and lives in Flagstaff let me know before the 10th of February.

Art Walk in Bisbee

2008-01-22T19:14:00.000-08:00

On a recent quick trip to Bisbee, in southern Arizona(any further south and it would be in Mexico) I got to see some cool stencils and have a look around town. Town is great(sorry no pics) and is reminiscent of Eureka Springs in Arkansas. Nice old houses, art galleries, and lots of restauraunts. The only thing of note I got to eat was great scone at the coffee shop, I think that they must have fried it in butter and it was awesome. Here are some of the stencils that I happened upon.

New Flagstaff Banquet Space

2007-10-29T10:02:00.000-07:00

I am glad to announce that we now have a new banquet room in Flagstaff! I have use of it as well, so plan your company Christmas Parties now! Wedding Reception, call now! The room is on San Francisco next to the hot-dog shop. It has a small porch on the front(Grill, yea), beautiful hard wood floors, great entrance way, and did I mention the location 5 doors down from Verticle Relief. The Space is also known as the Northern Arizona Yoga Center. (Visit their web site for a view of times and classes northernarizonayogacenter.com ) I am unsure of capacities and the cost of using the room at the moment but will post them soon.
I have posted some pics of some dinners that Rox and I had in the last few months. I hope that everone is eating well, Rich

Champ's Oatmeal Chompers are now in Macy's Coffee House

2007-10-10T11:19:00.000-07:00

http://www.macyscoffee.net/index.html

Go on down to Macy's Coffee House and get a cup of joe and a bag of Champ's Oatmeal Chompers. They are in our new smaller bag and have approximately the half as many as our larg bags an are price @ 4.75 US Dollars. The only ingredients are: Whole wheat flour, oatmeal, unbleached flour, flax meal, corn meal, eggs, powdered milk, olive oil, chicken stock, and a dash of parsley. I make the chicken stock myself, so you don't have to worry about any wierdness in these treats. I haven't seen a dog snub them yet. Champ goes bonkers for them and the chicken stock, he likes it poured over his food. He might be a bit on the spoiled side!
I am making more so call now or email. I can be contacted through petreat.com or richsrusticcooking.com.

Oscar Pryor Wiener

2007-09-08T10:22:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the poor pictures in the last post, I am new to the whole blogging Thing and how all of this works. We had a "tasting" last night at the "Life is Good" store that seemed to go well. Everything was gobbled up and some came back again and again. The new Grand Canyon board game also premiered with great success and it seemed to sell like hotcakes. This was all followed up with a visit to the Wine Loft for pizza and Gena and Franks wise choices on Belgium Trippels.

On a different note, I just received word that Oscar Pryor Wiener, the award winning wiener dog outta Eureka Springs, Ar has been enjoying some Champs Oatmeal Chompers. You can see more of him at: http://www.papermoonattractions.com/oscar
And here he is helping himself to some seconds! The athlete needs to feed his muscles.

Soon as I can cook up another batch of treats, they will be on the Shelves of Macy's Euro Coffee House.

Honeymoon in Turkey

2007-09-05T21:39:00.000-07:00

Roxanna and I went on our "official" honeymoon at the end of May and ran into early June. We had a very exciting trip to Antalya, Turkey where we did a lot of rock climbing, eating, snorkeling, and general sightseeing. One of the highlights were the Alabalik (Trout) Restaurants that seemed be be popular along the Mountain streams of the Taurus Mountains. These lush eateries are situated right in the stream and raise their trout on premise. The trout are simply grilled or roasted in a terra cotta bowl in a great stone oven. Everything (at this time of year) comes with tomatoes, seasonal veggies, and a choice of salads (we always had the walnuts and taziki). There is also the ever present loaf of bread that seemed to be endless.

This is the Butcher where we went for Fanta and Goat Chops.

Rox enjoying some Nescafe in the Honeymoon Suite

Here you can see that I ran out of English reading material and took inspiration from the Greek and Roman Sculpture present in the region.

First Friday Art-walk Taster

2007-08-24T08:32:00.000-07:00

During the next 1st Friday Art-Walk (Friday Sept 7) we will be having a taster at the Life is Good Store. We will have free appetizers from my menu and an opportunity to meet some people from around Flagstaff. We will also have postcards with a small portion of the menu and of course some business cards to hand out. The Life is Good Store will also be carrying a selection of our pet treats, so go get them. New Frontiers still has a lot of the treats as well. So mark it on yer calendar: Sept 7 swing by the Life is Good Store and get yummy free tasters and every day or so go by either New Frontiers or Life is Good and get some TREATS for your starving , loving, well behaved dog. Also the fall wedding season is coming up (Christmas Parties are right around the corner as well) so notify your friends to start planning now, call and get a quote.

Here is a picture from a while back of Mediterranean Night at the McDade's House. Turkish Meat Balls, Taziki, Cous Cous, Humus, and a cabbage sesame salad. This is from way back in the Yosemite days.
Hope all is well out there, Rich

Old Pics From Utah Trip

2007-08-21T10:32:00.001-07:00

Rox and I caught these fine trout in a stream, I forget the name of, running out of the Wasatch Mtn s north of Moroni, Ut. I caught the Brownie and Rox the Rainbow. After a quick cleaning up they were sitting on the griddle(I think I need a bigger one) and under the watchful eye of our old dog Nate.(Gone but not forgotten) He would have given his left paw to nose into that pile o' fish and veggies. I think our neighbors in the adjacent campground were a little jealous of our lucky dinner. Tuna surprise just doesn't stand up against fresh fish and veggies.

2007-08-12T14:58:00.000-07:00

Baking Pet Treats

2007-08-12T14:16:00.001-07:00

I have been busy on a side project lately, petreat.com. I started this little project to hopefully get a good dog treat on the market that has nothing bad in it and and is good for them as well. And to gain a little income of course. I sold 48 bags to New Frontiers in Flagstaff and hope to get them on many other shelves and in pantries around town. If you want your dog to sample some give me a call and I will fire up the oven and get to it. Actually hot out the oven and smeared with a little butter, the Champs Oatmeal Chompers are quite good. I haven't tried the Breathelizers yet, as I was having a hard enough time filling the order for New Frontiers.
Rox and I had a great dinner Friday night, but took no pictures. Curried Pork chops, grilled hatch chilli's, roasted garlic, grilled tomatoes, grilled onions, and a nice mixed green salad all done on the grill.(except for the salad of course) More to come.....