Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, and Travel
I got very excited when Nellie's Free Range Eggs (the official egg of the Boston Red Sox!) reached out to me to sponsor my spin on a non-traditional shakshuka recipe. Not every company I work with produces products I normally use in my own home, but in this case we do regularly enjoy Nellie's Free... Continue Reading →
Grilled pork tenderloin is tricky, but with this recipe, you'll get tender, juicy pork flavored with a spicy sriracha-soy or a sweet bourbon-maple marinade. Pork tenderloin in general is notoriously difficult to really cook properly, but it's so affordable that you can take the risk to practice (that's what I did before I tried my... Continue Reading →
This recipe is astonishingly easy. It's basically, salt, pepper, and chicken wings in an oven. There are some optional frills, but that's pretty much it. The tricky thing with wings is simply knowing the right temperature to cook them and how to add sauce without making them soggy. I learned a trick for adding light,... Continue Reading →
No brines, no oven bags, and no basting while cooking. This oven roasted turkey recipe relies on the fact that turkey is wonderfully self-basting while cooking. Here you'll find simple techniques to produce a delicious bird on the table every time. It took me years of trying various approaches before I realized that - short... Continue Reading →
I'm fascinated with the idea of being able to make any food at home. For example, in a post-apocalyptic world that still has electricity, but where bacon is illegal, would I be able to make it myself from scratch? Now I know that the answer is probably, "yes!" Before discovering that I could make bacon,... Continue Reading →
Fried chicken is one of the simple pleasures of life made immortal by almost every culture with access to chicken. They all do it a little different, but they're almost always delicious. The biggest differences usually involve the style of breading, seasonings, and occasionally the frying method. Simple is usually best, but when going for maximum crispiness... Continue Reading →
Traditional oven roasted whole turkey is the fail safe for most American homes when it comes to Thanksgiving, but a dry brined smoked whole turkey is a great change of pace. The reason that oven roasting is so popular is that it's mostly a safe as well as relatively easy way to cook a turkey.... Continue Reading →
While perusing the farmer's market in Pawtucket, RI, I decided to stop at the PV Farmstand to see what Frank Martinelli, the self-proclaimed "King of Boar," had to offer. I ended up purchasing some knockwurst sausage and immediately knew I wanted to try using them to make something other than a simple sausage sandwich. If you're... Continue Reading →
My love of dim sum is no secret and from that love came recipes for both shrimp and pork steamed shumai dumplings. Considering that these are my two favorites whenever I go out for dumplings, it only made sense that I would try and replicate them at home. I've been making shrimp shumai for years,... Continue Reading →
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