By Nick • July 6, 2009
A few weeks ago I went up to NYC for a friend’s birthday party (Hi Liz!). Being in New York reminded me of one of my favorite street foods. Whether it’s in New York or in Philly or anywhere else really, I’m almost always up for a good soft pretzel with a bit of spicy [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, good food | Tagged appetizers, baking, homemade pretzels, pretzels, salt
By Nick • June 10, 2009
A few weeks ago, I got my hands on one of those official culinary textbooks. I’d actually never seen one before and it was a vast difference from most cookbooks. It was, like, science. Everything was very well documented and very perfectly explained. Surely, I thought, I could make any recipe in this book without [...]
Posted in baking | Tagged bread, breadsticks, failures, grissini, how to make grissini, pepper, salt
By Nick • March 10, 2009
This is the second post in a four post series where I am using one chicken to make four different meals. The first meal was barbeque chicken legs.
Let it be known, this is one of my favorite ways to eat chicken ever. I learned the technique while working at a restaurant a few years ago. [...]
Posted in chicken, Dinner, Economical, good food | Tagged carrots, celery, chicken, onions, salt
