I had the hardest time coming up with a D-food for slashfood’s D-Day. Weird. It’s like trying to think of something with a deadline and you can’t, when any other day, the words would just fly into your head.

Dumplings
Dim Sum
Dark Cherries
Dinner (ha!)
cookie Dough
Drumsticks
Dolmas

See. All kinds of D’s. But honestly, I’m kind of glad that the first (and only) thing that popped into my head was duck. Because I’ve always wanted to try to roast a duck. I love getting duck at restaurants, so I was kind of excited to try and make one at home.

Step 1: Buy duck
So much harder than you would think. The original recipe I wanted to make (and I still want to try) was for duck breasts that are pounded and then stuffed with pistachios and parmesan cheese, rolled up, seared and roasted. Yeah, I know — it sounds amazing. I didn’t try Zupan’s . . . → Read More: D is for Duck: Roasted Duck with Caramelized Apples and Onions