By Nick • January 13, 2010
I’ve had some pretty intense posts over the last few days (Review of Eating Animals and a post with excellent comments On Food Labels). So I thought I’d post something a bit more lighthearted today and revisit something that I used to do more frequently on Macheesmo, which is search for the perfect grilled cheese [...]
Posted in Grilled Cheese Trials | Tagged garlic, grilled cheese, mozzarella, no knead bread, olives, roasted garlic, sun-dried tomato
By Nick • January 11, 2010
I’m a pretty huge Mark Bittman fan. I like his books (especially How to Cook Everything and Food Matters), and we have similar goals with our writing which is to get people excited about cooking good food in their homes. I guess you could say that he’s a bit better at it than me, but [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, good food, healthy, spicy | Tagged appetizers, Dinner, feta, jalapenos, lamb, nachos, olives, pita chips, red peppers, sun-dried 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 • October 29, 2009
With only two days until Halloween, you might be looking for something quick to do. And in that regard, I’ve kind of let you down as a food blogger. I’ve posted about homemade gummy worms which most people decided were way to complicated to actually make – although I thought they might be a fun [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, Holidays | Tagged blue cheese, cheese appetizers, cream cheese, Halloween, Halloween treats, mozzarella, olives, red peppers
By Nick • October 7, 2009
I’ve been baking no knead bread every week or so for over a year now and I’m getting pretty decent at it. It’s really simple to learn and once you’ve made a few dozen loafs you start to pick up on subtle differences that make one loaf slightly better than the other.
Pretty much all of [...]
Posted in baking, Economical, good food, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged baking, bread, bread makers, breads, cooking, food and drink, kalamata olives, kneading, kneading bread, loaf, no knead bread, olive bread, olive bread recipe, olives, proofing
By Nick • July 27, 2009
Sometimes I’m in the mood for salad, but I also want something with a lot of flavor. Not that other salads don’t have flavor, but I often crave something with protein, some good rich vegetables and a nice dressing. Basically, I want a Nicoise salad.
Oh sorry. I mean Niçoise salad. And as I was corrected [...]
Posted in Dinner, Fish, good food, healthy, salad | Tagged anchovies, asparagus, boiled eggs, Dinner, new potatoes, nicoise salad, olives, salads, seared tuna, tomatoes, tuna
