By Nick • March 8, 2010
Betsy and I have a few other couples that we like to hang with on occasion. Usually we just get together, make some dinner, and drink copious amounts of beer and wine. Apparently though this was not ideal for the ladies in the group because a few weekends ago they scheduled a “Lady’s Night” and [...]
Posted in Dinner, Economical, good food, pork, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged barbecue, boston butt, braise, braising, carnitas, cooking, mexican cuisine, pork, pork butt, pulled pork
By Nick • March 4, 2010
I was a bit worried when the eggplant Parmesan rolls won last week’s poll. Not because they didn’t look delicious. Oh no. They looked very delicious. But they also looked kind of difficult.
The idea of rolling roasted eggplant (kinda flimsy) around a cheese filling seemed a bit advanced, but I figured I’d give it a [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged chard, cheese, eggplant, eggplant parmesan, eggplant salads and appetizers, italian cuisine, italian-american cuisine, mediterranean cuisine, parmesan, parmigiana, parmigiano-reggiano, ricotta cheese, roll, swiss chard
By Nick • March 1, 2010
Have you ever had one of those moments where you’ve been doing something one specific way (or eating a dish in one particular fashion) for, say, four years only to find out that it’s not the standard way to do it?!
I recently had one of those moments in a big way. It involved a fantastic [...]
Posted in Dinner, Fish, good food, spicy | Tagged food and drink, grits, hot sauces, roux, sauce, shrimps, southern dishes, southern united states, worcestershire sauce
By Nick • February 27, 2010
Last summer I went to an epic wedding in Austin, TX. Just for a little taste of how epic the wedding was, I ended up in the emergency room at 3AM with a head wound. Had to get about a dozen staples and that was the night before the wedding. So epic.
The thing I remember [...]
Posted in breakfast, Easy Stuff, Economical, good food, spicy, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged bean, breakfast foods, corn tortillas, cuisine, flour tortilla, food and drink, fried corn, mexican cuisine, migas, refried, refried beans, tex mex
By Nick • February 22, 2010
When Snowmageddon hit, Betsy and I were holed up for many days with not much to do except watch bad movies and play Scrabble. One night I wanted to cook something that would be very soothing and warming and also be great for leftovers for the next few days.
Mac and cheese was the first thing [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, Side dishes | Tagged baked fusilli, baked pasta, cheddar, cheddar cheeses, cheese, cheese sauce, cheesy fusilli, food and drink, fusili, fusilli, fusilli pasta, mozarrella, mozzarella cheeses, parmesan cheeses, pasta, roux, sauce
By Nick • February 18, 2010
I was kind of surprised that the stir-fried broccoli dish one last week’s poll. I guess people are still trying to stick to those new year’s resolutions so maybe chewy brownies are a no-no.
Anyway, I made a dish very simple to this a few months ago, but the technique that they recommend in Cook’s Illustrated [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, good food, spicy | Tagged american chinese cuisine, american cuisine, broccoli, chicken stock, cooking, cornstarch, garlic oil, home, hot sauce, how to stir fry broccoli, sauce, soy sauce, sriracha, stir fry broccoli, stir frying, vegetable oil
