Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, and Travel
I freaking love chicken tenders. Especially dipping them in different sauces to change up their flavors. I don't know why, but I do. Frankly, I'm not sure I even need to explain myself, so take me as I am! While looking around online, I saw a baked Chicken Tender recipe that caught my eye from... Continue Reading →
One of my friends described the feeling of coming back from New Orleans as "NOLA withdrawal." That makes sense because while in New Orleans for a friend's wedding we tasted many delicious foods ranging from po' boys to turtle soup to smoked bbq to boudin (a ridiculously amazing cajun sausage). At Mother's Restaurant in New... Continue Reading →
While visiting a friend out in Connecticut, he and his family rewarded my mini-road trip with a full day of smoking a pork shoulder. We used a dry rub that I came up with a couple of years ago and a combination of techniques discerned from my own experiences and from reading what others had... Continue Reading →
After my first attempt at meatballs yielded a very dense product, I decided to go back to the drawing board. I read that using white bread and milk can really help make meatballs tender, so I incorporated those ingredients into the recipe. I also used a slightly fattier ground beef mix (85/15) and pureed the... Continue Reading →
Getting the right texture for meatballs is harder than you would imagine. This was my first attempt at making meatballs and they didn't come out like I wanted, but they actually tasted pretty good. The "problem" was that these meatballs were basically all meat and weren't as tender as most meatballs I've had. If you... Continue Reading →
I'm always skeptical when people recommend Mexican restaurants to me. The reason is that there are some terrible places out there, and even worse, many people don't know what good Mexican food tastes like. This was not the case with: El Rancho Grande 311 Plainfield Street Providence, RI 02909 A few friends recommended this place... Continue Reading →
Soup is not a meal (unless it's real Ramen or Pho) so let's just get that out in the open right now. Nonetheless, this butternut squash soup came out so absurdly well that I would consider eating it as a light meal (or a hefty snack) with some toasted bread. I don't know what made... Continue Reading →
While out with some friends in Providence, RI, we had dinner at Union Station Brewery (owned by John Harvard's Brewery and Ale House). The food was decent, but one of the dishes, a personal arugula and goat cheese white pizza made me want to try re-creating it at home. I didn't go with a white... Continue Reading →
Without a grill, cast iron pan, or simply a kitchen that can handle smoke from searing, it's really tough for lay people to make great steaks. Whenever I lived in apartments, I found it harder to cook meat the way I wanted due to a fear of the smoke alarm going off triggering firetrucks and... Continue Reading →
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