Beef Shish Kebabs
Yay! Meat on a stick! Except I don’t serve it on a stick. Served here with a home-made lavash and a cucumber-mint dip. It’s one of the ultimate finger-foods after pizza: tear off a bit of bread, grab some meat…
Beef Shawarma (grilled)
This isn’t a real shawarma, because I don’t have one of those nifty vertical rotisseries. This is a fairly common affliction among cooks, so we try and make do with what we have. This version is straight-up grilled, though I…
Pesto-Bacon Cheeseburgers
Summertime….and the burgers’ easy… Well it is. Despite it’s fancy-pants look, they’re pretty straight-forward. There’s the extra step of making pesto, but don’t let it intimidate. The patties are slider-style, which I like because they have onions in, and they…
Brioche Burger Buns
What would a great burger be without a great bun. Right? Big, round, buttery buns. Like these buns. This recipe makes 9-12, so good for a small gathering.
Nom Nom Nom Naan NOM
Yeeah… so a bunch of years ago I made some killer naan (ask Kari and John) but somewhere in between I lost my notes, and my mojo, and ended up making bread with vaguely naan type flavors. The family liked…
Chicken Koobideh Kabobs
Koobideh are Persian ground meat kabobs, so a bit different from the normal US fare, but they’re delightfully rich and aromatic. Cooked on the grill, it’s the perfect sort of dish for a hot summer’s night. For this version I…
Moroccan Pastilla
A pastilla is a type of savory pie, consisting of spiced bird of some sort or another encased in puff pastry. Variants can be found across the Mediterranean and into the Middle East, probably because they taste so good. Some quick…
Irish Cheese Burgers
I have burgered with booze before, of course, but today, we’re really all about the cheese. Specifically, Kellygold’s Dublinier, which is a little difficult to explain, but texturally, it’s like a dry cheddar or perhaps a Parmesan block, yet it’s a…
Pasta and Cheese Fritters
One of the eternal questions in life is “how much pasta should I make?” If you’re familiar with bistromathics, you know that the answer is, of course, a recipriversexclusion – i.e., the answer is any othe number than the one you’ve…
Beer-Marinated Pork Fajitas
Yay fajitas! …again. I’ve been on a kick lately, Thankfully the family has no problem with this, so I get to try stuff. Today, I’m playing with meat and beer, because meat and beer.