Thanksgiving's in the air, so Jeff Lockwood tips his hat to pumpkin pie and makes pumpkin-pecan eclairs, then visits Teri Robl to make a pumpkin and black bean chili.

Blue Crab

Oct 5th, 2021 1h 1m

Host Jeff Lockwood makes a shrimp and blue crab gumbo with his mom, Patricia Lockwood, at his aunt Patsy Johnson's house in Iowa, LA, a couple of weeks after Hurricane Ida.

Check the Pantry: Lard

Oct 5th, 2021 1h 1m

It might get a bad rap these days, but rendered pig fat is still an excellent cooking medium. Jeff Lockwood uses it to make a pot pie, as well as experiment with a couple of ways of frying French fries.

Corn

Sep 9th, 2021 1h 1m

Corn's an elusive crop in Alaska, but Jeff Lockwood finds a whole high tunnel of it at Hannah Prescott's Up Yonder Farm.

Check the Pantry: Chicken Liver

Aug 25th, 2021 1h 1m

On this week's Check the Pantry, Jeff Lockwood gets dirty with some rice and silky smooth with some chicken liver pate. Well, not as smooth as he'd like, but pretty smooth.

Check the Pantry: Black Cod

Aug 11th, 2021 1h 1m

Whether you call it black cod, sablefish, or something else entirely, Anaplopoma fimbria can always be called delicious. Jeff Lockwood makes black cod court-bouillon, smoked black cod boudin balls, and a smoked black cod and garlic scape farmer

Check the Pantry: Vermouth

Jul 26th, 2021 1h 1m

On this week's Check the Pantry, Jeff Lockwood sits down with vermouth enthusiast Matt Iverson of Turnagain Vines for an in-depth look at the many faces of this often-mistreated aperitif.

Check the Pantry: Cheese Curds

Jul 12th, 2021 1h

The Québécois classic poutine demands fresh, squeaky cheese curds, which are difficult to find in Alaska. Jeff Lockwood takes matters into his own hands, transforming two gallons of milk into a pile of curds, then using them in a smoked-salmon-

Check the Pantry: Vinegar

Jun 28th, 2021 1h 1m

Vinegar's much more than a component of vinaigrette. Jeff Lockwood turns it into a beverage, a barbecue sauce, and a quick pickle.

Check the Pantry: Ground Beef

Jun 7th, 2021 1h 1m

With grilling season upon us, Jeff Lockwood breaks out the grinder to see what grinding technique means for a hamburger patty. Plus buns and onion rings!

Check the Pantry: Green Onions

May 24th, 2021 1h

Green onions are more than just a last-minute garnish. For this week's Check the Pantry, Jeff Lockwood makes the classic Chinese snack scallion pancakes and a tamarind and burnt green onion dressing for some chicken salad.

Check the Pantry: Wood

Apr 12th, 2021 1h 1m

It's hard to cook without fire, and you can't have fire without fuel. Wood's been the #1 choice throughout history. Jeff Lockwood is joined by former Three Legged Mule and Twitching Sushi bassist Atz Lee Kilcher and his massive Spanish wood coo

Check the Pantry: Cheddar Cheese

Mar 29th, 2021 1h 1m

There's not much better for lunch than a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. Host Jeff Lockwood builds it from the ground up, including some experimentation in the tomato soup department, and battles serious impatience while waiting for th

Check the Pantry: Ghee

Mar 15th, 2021 1h 1m

It's time to brown some butter - Jeff Lockwood goes into the kitchen to get his Maillard reaction on, and then make a couple of Indian dishes using the resulting ghee.

Check the Pantry: Sweet Potatoes

Mar 3rd, 2021 1h

It's time for a trip to the culinary mind of an eight-year-old, Webster Martin, who joins host Jeff Lockwood (and Webster's mom, Lisa Asselin, who handles the cutting and the fire) to demonstrate his own invention, Rainbow Stew. Jeff also makes

Check the Pantry: Brussels Sprouts

Feb 15th, 2021 1h 2m

One of the stars of the winter table, Brussels sprouts take the spotlight in a three-course dinner that features them in two different preparations. Jeff Lockwood also talks with The Grog Shop's Patrick Driscoll about what to drink alongside th

Check the Pantry: Green Bell Peppers

Dec 31st, 2020 1h 1m

Green bell peppers make a nice springboard to cooking up the New Orleans brunch classic grillades and grits. Host Jeff Lockwood expounds at length on his indifference to grits, and explains why they are not merely boring, but dangerous.

Check the Pantry: Coffee

Dec 7th, 2020 1h 1m

For many of us, coffee is utilitarian, the tool that knocks us awake in the morning. For Justice Sky, of Ano Kissaten Coffee Roasters, it's much more than that - it's a world of flavors specific to where the beans are grown. Justice walks Jeff

Check the Pantry: Turkey

Nov 25th, 2020 1h 1m

With a worldwide pandemic raging, getting together for a big meal is a terrible idea. Finding ways to shrink Thanksgiving classics down? Fantastic idea. Jeff Lockwood makes turkey ballotines (and has unkind things to say about the turducken), a

Check the Pantry: Hens

Nov 25th, 2020 1h 1m

There comes a time in a hen's life where she's not laying too much, and you have to make some decisions. One of the options, the one Jeff Lockwood chooses this week, is stock - the best stock you can make. Stock leads inexorably to soup - potat