A Little Personal History: During my freshman year at Vassar, I sat in on many cooking classes at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America), the next town over in Hyde Park NY. Till then I was just a “recipe” guy with a great love for cooking. There was also a girl and a secret crush.
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A Little Personal History: While living in Houston, TX, whether at cook-off festivals, bbq’s or tex-mex restaurants; fajitas were standard fare. The meat choices, seasonings, marinades and sides always made for a great meal Print Recipe Beef Fajitas While this recipe uses the traditional marinaded beef skirt steak, transforming even this tough cut of meat to
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A Little Personal History: I gotta say, of all the salads out there, many a great compliment to any main dish; when it comes to a main dish salad, a salad not needing anything complimenting to fill your belly, Cobb Salad is where it’s at. Here’s my tried and true recipe. Print Recipe Cobb Salad
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A Little Personal History I love making “cheap” cuts of meat melt in your mouth. And in the Rockies, on those cold winter nights after a hard day work, there’s nothing like a great Pot Roast to fill you up and left-overs for days to come ? Print Recipe Rocky Mountain Pot Roast Cuts of beef
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A Little Personal History: Needed to whip up a dish for my girls one night. Had some of my award winning chili left-over in the fridge. Wanted to create something that was tasty, filling and different. Something that after, any left-overs could be refrigerated or frozen, re-heated as a meal or late night snack and still taste
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A Little Personal History: I got the “gyros love” while living in downtown Chicago. When out for lunch and the menu has Gyros, more likely than not, I”m ordering 🙂 Yet now, working from home and rarely going out for lunch, what”s a guy to do? Answer: Come up with a great Gyro one can make in
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A Little Personal History: Chicken salad is one of those comfort foods I never seem to tire of. I’ll make up a batch on Sunday and have it chilling in the fridge for sandwiches and salads the rest of the week. Here’s my favorite recipe that you can use as is or tweak with you
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