🥩 Tender shaved ribeye seared fast, glazed in rich consommé, and piled onto potato rolls with bright pickled onion. A slider with restraint and depth, where quick cooking and clean seasoning let the beef stay the star. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Sandwich #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍕 A blistered focaccia–pizza hybrid layered with creamed mushrooms, olives, and onions, finished with torn burrata. Rustic bubbles, hot stone bake, and cool cream make every bite feel both grounded and decadent. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥦 Broccoli, tender-crisp and vibrant, glazed in a roasted garlic beurre monté with dry white wine. The sauce clings like velvet, lifting the green with warmth and depth. It's simple, elegant, and quietly indulgent. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #SideDish Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🫐 A tall, rustic roll with blueberry preserves, dark chocolate slivers, spiced icing, and citrus peel. Soft, shaggy dough meets glossy fruit and tender sweetness, finished with berries and a chocolate heart. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🦬 A winter plate of reverence and contrast. Charred game meats, ice wine sauce, caramelized potatoes, and buttered snap peas coming together in a way that lets every flavor stand in its own glory while still feeling whole. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🧁 A spiced eggnog cupcake crowned with creamy frosting and pearl shimmer; made for candlelight, laughter, and Twelfth Night warmth. Serve on the buffet or pass by hand, each bite a gentle nod to hurrying spring. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍔 A cozy, familiar kind of comfort. Juicy five‑spice chicken, crisp vegetables, warm herbs, and soft milk bread coming together in a way that feels both homey and a little special, perfect for sharing. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Sandwich #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍕 Warm, simple, and exactly what a slow weekend wants. A buttery crust, crisp bacon, melted cheese, and soft eggs coming together in one easy, golden pie that feels like brunch without trying too hard. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe #Pizza Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎂🎁 Celebrating my mother on the 102nd anniversary of her birth. 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🧀 White cheddar mac and cheese, baked golden, like it’s been waiting all week. Creamy, cozy, and topped with crisp breadcrumbs and fresh herbs. This is the dish that gets passed around twice before anyone even asks. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Dinner Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥩 Dinner-table comfort like you remember: tender meatloaf, mushroom gravy spooned generously, mashed potatoes meant for passing, and sweet carrots and peas. The kind of meal that brings everyone back to the table. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Dinner Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍪 Brandy Alexander Whoopie Pies: chewy vanilla-nutmeg rounds with brandy and cocoa-laced whipped buttercream, lightly dusted for indulgence. Rapture, complete - that boozy hint lingers just long enough. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎶 Staying with a Celtic theme, Neuantics are friends of my oldest brother. Heard here are his hammer and mountain dulcimers. He also crafted harpsichords and stringed instruments for other artists and dignitaries. This album is on YouTube. @ducknor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=czU5...

🍄 Grilled mushrooms dressed in Lebanese spice, scented by smoke, and served with a creamy sumac dip that compliments flirtatiously. Earthy, tangy, and herb-flecked - this plate shows up bold, balanced, and full of charm. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🫘 Tri‑color baked beans doing their best barbecue impression. Navy, black, and pinto beans swim in a sweet smoky sauce with mustard, molasses, and a whisper of hickory. Cozy, colorful, and ready to steal the side dish spotlight. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥩 Pastrami in its full glory: a week-long brine, a pepper‑coriander crust, slow smoke until the fat sighs, then a steam bath for that signature tender wobble. Slice it thick, pile it high, and let the ritual earn its legend. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥚 Vegetable and Pancetta Terrine doing its best party trick: layers of color, a little wobble, a quick dip in garlicky egg, then a golden sear. It slices clean, tastes bright, and shows up ready to charm every plate it lands on. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍪 Devilsfood Mallows: firm chocolate cake base, piped chocolate mallow center, dipped and glazed with edible glitter. A white mallow top signals the surprise inside - playful, glossy, and ready for celebration. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🫘 Black-eyed peas simmered with smoked pork, onion, garlic, thyme, and a splash of bourbon, served over white rice. A New Year’s Day bowl of comfort, luck, and legacy - rich, brothy, and ready to carry tradition forward. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎉 Happy New Annus! 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍸 Blackberry Sage Smash served over crushed ice with bourbon, lemon, and blackberry liqueur. Garnished with fresh sage and a single berry. Herbaceous, moody, and mixed for cocktail hour comfort with a dramatic finish. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍞 Chicken liver mousse piped onto thick Pullman toast, finished with pickled mustard seeds, fresh chives, and crisp fried shallots. A rich bite, full of textures and lift, perfect for celebratory tables and parties. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍓 Silky no‑bake cheesecake lightened with whipped cream and sour cream, set in a crisp chocolate shell and lifted with white crème de cacao. Finished with fresh berries for a bright, elegant bite that will have them raving. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍫 Dual-layer mousse with white chocolate, whipped cream vodka, raspberry purée, and Chambord. Lightened with whipped egg whites, topped with stabilized cream, mint, and raspberry. Elegant, boozy, and built to turn heads. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍢 These shooters hold a thick, vibrant orange sauce and skewered grilled chicken, finished with fresh cilantro. Clean heat, bold flavor, and a polished presentation built for effortless cocktail service and endless compliments. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍢 Two refined bites: prosciutto-wrapped rugbrød with ricotta, arugula, and roasted pepper, plus trout mousse in crispy rice shells with black sesame and microgreens. Elegant, balanced, and built for cocktail hour indulgence. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎂 A Happy Belated 87th Birthday to Frank 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, the piano prodigy I am just learning about. His version of Caledonia, recorded in 1946, is just as full of life as Louis Jordan intended. I hope it puts a smile on your face. 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhxv...

🏛️ You know I don’t always post political items, but seeing this image from Dr. Seuss this morning made me wonder if he would have updated it from its origins in the ’30s, where the mustached dictator name was, to where Mango Mussolini's name is now. So I did. Just what the doctor ordered. 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍪 Chewy peanut butter cookies with a molten caramel center that stretches when you bite. The caramel pull stands equal to the peanut butter, rich and indulgent. Reimagined for texture lovers and comfort seekers. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🐖 Flaky Colby cheese buttermilk biscuits topped with sawmill gravy - named for its origins in logging camps, where cooks used sausage drippings and flour to feed hungry crews. A rich, peppery classic built for comfort. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥖 Toasted artisan bread with grated cheese served alongside a yin yang of roasted tomato garlic oil and basil chive oil, finished with a fine herb rim and a soft mound of cheese. A warm, inviting start to the table. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎃 Roasted delicata squash filled with lentils, farro, quinoa, and caramelized vegetables. Tahini‑lemon sauce and basil oil paint the plate. A vibrant, plant‑forward New Year’s side that feels abundant and celebratory. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky#Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🌯 Crisped potatoes, eggs, sausage, bacon, and Chihuahua cheese wrapped tight, smothered in brown sauce, topped with a molten cheese blend, then baked on the plate. Big, sloppy, and built to ruin your napkin budget. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Brunch Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥩 Cracked cheddar loaf, stacked 12 oz ribeye, melted provolone, and garlic-horseradish cream. Arugula, peppers, and onions add lift. A big, messy sandwich built on Mailliards magic and enormous flavors. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Vintage #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥗 Grilled salmon over massaged kale, quinoa, avocado, cranberries, pumpkin seeds, bacon, and goat cheese, all tied together with a bright yuzu vinaigrette. A vibrant, nourishing bowl built for flavor and balance. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Dinner Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🌽 Fresh corn off the cob, charred and folded into creamy mayo, cotija, lime, Tajín, and parmesan. A touch of agave balances the sweetness. Served warm with salted chips and microgreens. Street food comfort, elevated. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🌯 Born in a high‑end casino steakhouse for VIPs who craved comfort with swagger. Built on ribeye, creamy, cheesy mac, and umami, this off‑menu legend became the late‑night favorite of those who knew to ask. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Sandwich #Recipe #Dinner Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎶 This Friday pick reveals my hopeless romantic side more than any song. When I first saw this years ago, it filled me with joy. Creativity, love, humanity, hope, intelligence, unity, and inclusion - don’t give in, and never give up. @ducknor.bsky.social 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_v7...

🍓 Brown-butter tart with lemon curd, raspberries, and whipped cream; simple, bright, and quietly indulgent. A perfect little pause between holidays, when sweetness should feel earned. One per guest, no regrets. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍕 Spinach-artichoke dip with absinthe and clove, spread under five cheeses on crisp flatbread. Warm, herbaceous, indulgent - perfect for New Year’s or any gathering where comfort and curiosity share the plate. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🐖 A double‑cut chop lacquered in cider, resting against roasted‑garlic potatoes and bright haricots verts. Smoke, sweetness, and winter herbs trading compliments across the plate without ever raising their voices. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Dinner Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎄 Not my feast, just thought it was a humorous way to wish everyone a Merry and Bright Christmas! Hope everyone is safe and cherished for who they are. 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎄 A holiday card I created celebrating my hometown of Chicago, Illinois - where the city’s iconic elevated train, affectionately known as the “L,” runs on its tracks above the streets. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good bite. Dine well! 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🦀 Lump crab and minced shrimp folded with coconut cream, lime, and bell pepper, set on warm blini and crowned with a cocktail shrimp and dill. A bright, briny bite that balances sweetness, citrus, and spice with elegance. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🎄 A classic Bûche de Noël, brushed with dark rum, filled with almond‑rich buttercream, and finished in chocolate bark with marzipan holly and mushrooms. A festive centerpiece with quiet, crafted beauty. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click for recipe 🧵 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🦆 Crisp roast goose with caraway and herbs, seared potato dumplings, sweet‑sour red cabbage with apple and clove, and a deep red wine jus. A winter feast built on tradition, richness, and quiet refinement. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Dinner #Christmas Click for recipe 🧵 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍊 A Riviera‑bright Caprese that layers tomato, citrus, mozzarella, and basil into a cool, fragrant starter. Simple, fresh, and quietly confident, it brings a coastal glow to the holiday table. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Appetizer #LiteLunch Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥦 Poached broccolini tossed in butter, olive oil, garlic, roasted red pepper, and white wine - this holiday side brings color, comfort, and a touch of heat to the table, ready to rewarm and dazzle just before serving. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe Click for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🍹 A cheeky little throwback that tastes like summer in one sip. Sweet, bright, and mysteriously watermelon, this retro party shot slips down easy and brings a wink of mischief to any gathering. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Cocktail #VintageBarShots Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋

🥪 A pressed Cuban stacked with citrus‑poached pork, ham, chicken, pickles, mustard, and Swiss, crowned with a festive chicharrón. Warm island breeze wrapped in bread, carrying a touch of tropical holiday sparkle. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Sandwich #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋