By Nick • December 29, 2008
When I was a child my Mom always made a huge pot of black-eyed peas for New Years because it apparently gives you good luck for the entire year. While I’m not positive about the good luck promise, I’m also not willing to risk it. Plus I love black-eyed peas. To this [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, Holidays, soup | Tagged black-eyed peas, ham, scallions, soup
By Nick • December 13, 2008
As you might imagine, I subscribe to a variety of food magazines. In my humble opinion, Bon Appétit is one of the best out there. It always has very innovative recipes that are not terrible to make. Sometimes their recipes are a bit harsh on the pocketbook, but the December edition is [...]
Posted in breakfast, pork | Tagged biscuits, cheese, figs, ham, sandwich
By Nick • November 1, 2008
This is part two in an ongoing search for the absolute perfect Grilled Cheese. You can check out round one here. That sandwich was pretty good, but I was ready to kick these trials up a notch. For that I look for help from the French. Allow me to introduce you [...]
Posted in Grilled Cheese Trials | Tagged bechamel, cheese, grilled cheese, gruyere, ham, parmesan, sandwich
