By Nick • January 14, 2010
I was kind of shocked by last week’s poll winner. Not sure why but I just didn’t expect polenta to make a huge wave. I guess that’s because I always assume that people underestimated polenta’s potential.
The voting Macheesmo readers seem to be intrigued by it though. And I must say that I [...]
Posted in baking, Dinner, healthy, Side dishes, spicy | Tagged basil, Dinner, polenta, spicy, tomato
By Nick • December 10, 2009
Let’s talk about pizza. I’m a serious pizza lover, but I must say that I rarely opt for the Chicago deep dish variety. Normally these are just really doughy and too heavy and filling. I’ve had some good deep dish in Chicago, and I like that, but 99% of the deep dishes I’ve had elsewhere [...]
Posted in baking, Dinner, good food, Stuffing Stuff, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged basil, deep dish pizza, hwo to make deep dish pizza, mozarella, olives, pizza, ricotta
By Nick • November 11, 2009
Buying fresh herbs always stresses me out. I feel like they are pretty essential in some dishes and really add a ton of flavor that’s sometimes hard to replicate with dried herbs. There are normally two problems when I buy them though. First, they are incredibly expensive. Most herbs are weeds. Or trees. How is [...]
Posted in chicken, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, good food, Pantry | Tagged basil, chicken, Dinner, freezing stuff, garlic, olive oil, pasta, pesto, pine nuts
By Nick • October 21, 2009
A few weeks ago when I made my Porter braised brisket, I wanted a biscuit or something to go along with it and as luck would have it, I found a delicious recipe as I was browsing the latest Bon Appetit. The recipe is your standard buttermilk biscuit base, but then you fold in cheese [...]
Posted in baking, Easy Stuff, good food, Holidays | Tagged basil, biscuits, buttermilk biscuits, cheddar, herbed biscuits, parsley, sage, thyme
By Nick • July 2, 2009
The winning dish from last week’s poll was “Something Seasonal” by a pretty close margin, but I was happy to see that it won. Something seasonal is fairly easy in July, but I used it as an opportunity to make something that I’ve been wanting to make for a while: stuffed artichokes.
Artichokes are hands down [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, Dinner, good food, Side dishes, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, artichokes, basil, how to stuff an artichoke, panko, stuffed artichokes, sun-dried tomato
By Nick • January 7, 2009
This is a continuation of an ongoing competition I’m having with myself to find the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich. I got this idea from a comment on my previous attempt at a good grilled cheese (Thanks Phil!). It’s been awhile since my last post but I made a note that I wanted to [...]
Posted in Grilled Cheese Trials, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged basil, brie, brie cheese, cilantro, garlic, grilled cheese, pecans, pesto, sourdough
