Category: Power to the People

The Pig and The Potato: Sweet Potato and Pancetta Hash

Sweet potato… The fluorescent orange alternative to its equally boring white, or Yukon Gold brethren. When not trying to be like a regular potato — either getting mashed, or cut into french fry form — the sweet potato can be extraordinary, but needs some help. And as we’ve learned, nothing plays a better supporting role than a pork-flavored sidekick.

Casting bacon in this role would be a mistake — it would just hog the spotlight, and we’re merely trying to complement the sweet potato. Our pork co-star for this installment of Power to the People is bacon’s Italian cousin, pancetta.

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The Best BBQ Beans Ever

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Foodiggity is proud to present our first guest post and newest contributor to the site. This episode of our recipe series ‘Power to the People‘ is brought to you by Ray Howell, a fellow food culture devotee and imbiber of the foodiggity Kool-Aid. Enjoy.

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The Hangover Hash

It has happened to the best of us. A night out with friends gets a little out of hand and you wake up face down, missing a tooth, and there’s a jungle cat in the bathroom.

The inevitable question becomes “What the hell did I do last night?” By this time it does not matter—what’s done is done. It is now the morning after, your body has turned against you and it’s time to take action. Foodiggity is here to help.

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Power to the People | Flank Steak Ragu

“All you need is love.” ~J. Lennon

There is an old adage that the secret ingredient in any good cooking is love. This is especially true when Italian grandmothers and Sunday afternoons are involved. So for this episode of Power to the People, foodiggity rolled out of bed on Sunday, put on the gold chains, and got the sauce on.

But this is far from your average Sunday sauce. Inspired by one of the greatest things ever—a Cuban dish called Ropa Vieja—we proudly present to you… Foodiggity’s Sunday Love Ragu.

The Beatles ‘Love’ is on loop in the foodiggity test kitchen… Let’s do this thing.

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