Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, and Travel
I am not a chili purist that touts one kind of chili over another, but rather I enjoy all kinds of chili. I've even featured a couple of different chili recipes such as my Lean Beef Chili with Beans and Corn or my White Bean and Chicken Chili. Nonetheless, there are those among us that... Continue Reading →
Every now and then I try something out in the world that inspires me to try replicating it at home. That was the case with a roast beef sandwich from a local deli I've been a little obsessed with. They make their own roast beef in-house and it's just excellent. Normally, I don't really care... Continue Reading →
Every now and then I try something out in the world that inspires me to try replicating it at home. That was the case with a roast beef sandwich from a local deli I've been a little obsessed with. They make their own roast beef in-house and it's just excellent. Normally, I don't really care... Continue Reading →
Have you ever thought to yourself, "You know what I could really go for right now? A hamburger made like a meatloaf drowned in gravy." If you have then you've come to the right place! If you haven't, maybe you're thinking about it now... Others of you may recognize Salisbury steak from such places as... Continue Reading →
This recipe is my very successful attempt at recreating a dish I had at Habibi's Middle Eastern Kitchen. I've eaten soujouk and ma'anak (Middle Eastern sausages), for years, but the preparation was almost always a very simple pan sear. They're pretty good that way, but it's really just heating them up, so the only real... Continue Reading →
Real, authentic Italian lasagna is made with a creamy bechamel sauce as is the Italian dish called "Pasticcio" (which translates to "mess" apparently!). The delicious red-sauce version of lasagna we have in America is great, but it's not the same as what the rest of the world usually eats. Italy, however, isn't the only place... Continue Reading →
Beef stew is one of those dishes that just begs to be eaten when it's cold out or when you're around a campfire. It's rich, comforting, and filling all at the same time. Most of the time people use pre-cut stew beef to make beef stew, because, well, it's cheap and it's called "stew beef"... Continue Reading →
Gyro meat is one of the greatest culinary inventions and no matter how you pronounce, "Gyro" (Yee-ro, Jai-ro, Gee-ro), we're all pretty much just saying the word, "Delicious." While the real deal traditional stuff comprised of actual cuts of spiced meat rotating on a vertical rotisserie spit is awesome, it's the over-processed Greek-American stuff that I'm talking about.... Continue Reading →
Carne Asada seems like a simple dish because the translation of the words basically amounts to "Grilled Meat," but the truth is that it's harder to find good preparations than one might think. No matter what kind of Mexican restaurant I try, I tend to judge their quality by their carne asada (and carnitas!). Some... Continue Reading →
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