This started as a relish for my Santa Maria Tri-Tip but really has a life of it’s own. As mentioned, it goes great as a BBQ topper, or just as a stand-alone side dish. Its Mexican-American “cowboy food” and in…
Weeknights can be the worst for cooking. An exceptionally long day at the office (and really, who doesn’t have a lot of those these days) and the idea of spending any time in the kitchen just sounds like a nightmare. You…
A conversation came up the other day about stir-fry, and woks in particular, and there seemed to be some confusion (and maybe a bit of fear) about the two. Thankfully, it's not that hard, there are just a lot of…
This is kind of a departure for me, as I’m writing about a box of stuff that you buy at a store. In my defense though, it’s a box of curry paste that, although the integral ingredient is probably not…
So, I’m going to tease you with a pretty bacon and chicken sammich, but that’s not actually what I’m going to talk about. See, the sammich is plenty tasty, but it’s a chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, bacon on a roll….
For some reason it seems like a lot of people fear lasagna. I have some theories, but I’ll reserve them for a minute. Lasagna is, at the root, pretty simple. There are variations on how many layers, and the like,…
So, grilling season is fast approaching, and since the weather is actually ‘nice’ this weekend, I figured it was time to come out of the gate roaring like a lion. To that end, here’s a completely scratch-from-the-ground-up bacon cheeseburger with…
No really. It’s not as odd as it sounds. If you’ve ever had a German schnitzel or an Italian Milanesa this wouldn’t be that far off. That’s because the roots of katsu comes directly from these European dishes – a…
Quiches are easy, but they take time. This one is about two hours start-to-finish, leaving you plenty of time to try and figure out logical impossibilities – like how to play Canasta – in between the cooking parts. This one’s admittedly…
Well, it doesn’t actually have to be raining, but Fall is upon us and that means soup weather. Still, a lighter fare is in order. It’s raining here today, so I thought a quick soup would make an easy, and tasty lunch. Tomato…