By Nick • January 30, 2010
A few weeks ago Bets wanted to have a few of her law school friends over for a boozy brunch before classes started again for their last semester of law school and I was happy to oblige with some cooking. Brunch, after all, is my absolute favorite meal.
As tends to happen, we ended up having [...]
Posted in breakfast, good food | Tagged brunch, how to make quiche, mimosas, mushrooms, onions, party, quiche
By Nick • November 24, 2009
There’s always a lot of anticipation about side dishes on Thanksgiving. In fact, unless the turkey is just perfectly prepared (a rare thing), I find that the sides really make the meal.
And for me, there’s nothing like a good plate of stuffing. It’s the perfect side in so many ways. Since I usually brine or [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Holidays, pork, Side dishes, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged chestnuts, Dinner, herbs, onions, pork, sausage, stuffing, Thanksgiving
By Nick • November 5, 2009
There was a tie in last week’s poll so I went ahead and used some editorial powers to break the tie. Shepard’s pie is good, but I was really intrigued by the golden onion pie recipe so I was glad to see it near the top and decided to give it the winning tie-breaker vote.
The [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, Dinner | Tagged bacon, browning onions, onion pie, onion tart, onions, pie
By Nick • October 8, 2009
I was excited and worried when Porter Braised Brisket won last week’s poll. I was excited because I would get to eat Porter braised brisket. I was worried because I wasn’t sure that I would actually have enough time to make it and post it by today.
I was right to be excited. I was wrong [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged beef, braised brisket, braising, brisket, Dinner, how to braise brisket, mushrooms, onions, porter, slow cooking
By Nick • October 5, 2009
This may come as a shock to you, but I sometimes don’t have time to cook elaborate 3 hour meals. In fact, most weekdays I try to focus on meals that are really fast to prepare. I’m talking about a meal that takes less than probably 20 minutes to prepare and cook.
I’m talking about a [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, Learning to Cook, spicy | Tagged fajitas, habaneros, how to make fajitas, mushrooms, onions, red peppers, spicy, vegetarian
By Nick • September 22, 2009
I’ve been getting some emails from readers asking me to go in depth on various ingredients that I use frequently on Macheesmo. So I’ve decided to start a new type of post called “Ingredients 101″ where I’ll discuss a few basic ingredients in each post. This will include both how to select the ingredient and [...]
Posted in Ingredients 101, Learning to Cook | Tagged avocado, Ingredients 101, mango salsa, mangos, onions, salsa
