Winston Landau, Author at PURSUIT

The Modern Man Cooks with Beer: Pilsner Pulled Pork

February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 by Winston Landau

Let me tell you something really important: cooking with beer doesn’t begin and end with beer can chicken. Sure, it’s delicious, but guess what? Beer is one of the most versatile ingredients out there, and it can handle everything from breakfast to desert. I was at the kitchen of The … Read More

8 Terrible Bathroom Facts . . .

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 by Winston Landau

Need some bathroom reading? Well, how about something topical? Everybody Poops 10 Million Pounds ($10) is chock-full of all kinds of faecal trivia you had no idea you wanted to know. Here are eight of our new favourite party facts. We May Go Back to Squatting Science has proven that … Read More

Unibroue Confit Rabbit

February 24, 2016 by Winston Landau

So, now that you have a selection of Unibroue on hand, you’re probably wondering: how can I cook with this stuff? It’s actually pretty easy; get everything the day before, prep the rabbit legs and refrigerate them overnight, and the next day you just need to bake them while you … Read More

How 11 Men Won their Medals of Honor

February 19, 2016 by Winston Landau

The Medal of Honor is posthumously awarded to US Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Miller received the honor for his heroic actions in Afghanistan on January 25, 2008, after displaying immeasurable courage and uncommon valor eventually sacrificing his own life to save the lives of his teammates and 15 Afghanistan National Army soldiers. US Army photo by D. Myles Cullen (released)

It’s tough to believe some of the things that men did to earn the American military’s highest decoration. You’d roll your eyes if you saw some of it in film. In fact, they did make a film of Audie Murphy’s life, and they had to tone the film down. Those … Read More

Smoky Black Bean Soup

February 19, 2016February 18, 2016 by Winston Landau

Nothing beats hot soup on a cold day, and this soup is one of the best. It comes to us courtesy of Brandi Evans, a cook who runs the tremendously useful blog Bran Appetit and recent author of Cooking With Coffee. As you might expect, a coffee cookbook has a … Read More