By Nick • February 4, 2010
I was actually kind of shocked that “something spicy” won last week’s poll. I figured that something fried would win for sure given that it’s for the Super Bowl. Shows you what I know!
My requirements for this dish were pretty simple. I wanted something that I could eat with my hands, that was super-spicy, and [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Fish, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, cayenne, cheese, corn tortilla, cuisine of the southwestern united states, cuisine of the western united states, Dinner, guacamole, mexican cuisine, paprika, quesadilla, quesadillas, red pepper, shrimp, shrimp quesadilla, shrimps, spicy shrimp, sprimp, super bowl, Superbowl, tex-mex cuisine
By Nick • December 21, 2009
A few weeks ago I went to a surprise party for a good friend of mine. The theme of the party was sushi and I thought I’d bring an appetizer. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at potstickers or dumplings for awhile now so this was as good a time as any. While I [...]
Posted in appetizers, pork, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, ginger, pork, potstickers, scallions, shrimp
By Nick • September 24, 2009
If you’ve ever experimented in the kitchen (with food), you’ve probably had that moment. You know the one I’m talking about. The moment where you look down at something on a plate or in a bowl and say, “WHERE DID I GO WRONG?!”
To anyone watching from outside the kitchen your cooking, on that day, looks [...]
Posted in Dinner, Fish, musings, salad | Tagged Dinner, failed recipes, musing, shrimp
By Nick • July 9, 2009
Last week’s vote for a dish was really close. So close, in fact, that it was a tie. I broke the tie by one email that a nice reader sent me encouraging me to make a shrimp dish. I decided that if she wanted a shrimp dish bad enough to email me then her vote [...]
Posted in Dinner, Fish, good food | Tagged american cuisine, garlic, homemade pizza, italian cuisine, making pizza, mozzarella, olive oil, peppers, pesto, pizza, pizza dough, red pepper, red pepper pesto, red peppers, roasted red peppers, shrimp, shrimp dishes, shrimp pizza, shrimps
By Nick • May 4, 2009
So Pete and I were planning on posting our awesome battle today, but we had too much fun last night and simply didn’t have time to write the posts. Tomorrow will be the day.
Meanwhile, I thought I would write about a simple little shrimp taco dish I made a week or two ago. I also [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Fish, healthy, spicy | Tagged arancini, beans, cook yourself thin, fried, fruit salsa, how to make arancini, mangos, pineapple, rice, salsa, shrimp, shrimp tacos, spicy, tacos
By Nick • January 9, 2009
If aprons were currency, I’d be a wealthy man. Well, actually I would just have two units of currency, but that is two more than I had before Christmas. Bets got me fabulous yellow apron with the Macheesmo logo on it which you will no doubt see on the site soon. But also, [...]
Posted in Internet Kitchen | Tagged fudge, rice pudding, shrimp, sushi
