Bistro Cooking
“Bistro cooking is good, traditional food, earnestly made and honestly displayed. It is earthy, provincial, or bourgeois; as befits that kind of food, it is served in ample portions.” David...
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Steak and Potatoes
There is absolutely no need for steak sauce when you have steak like this! Grilled steak set atop New Mexico red chili sauce. Accompanied, by what else? Fully loaded red...
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Taking Great Care
“Cooking should be a carefully balanced reflection of all the good things of the earth.” Jean & Pierre...
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Firepit Fun
This is the best way I know to “Throw Down Food”. It’s the man’s best and, well, MANLY way to do carnivore right. Step One: MAKE FIRE. Step Two: THROW...
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A Chef’s Tools
“In normal life, “simplicity” is synonymous with “easy to do,” but when a chef uses the word, it means “takes a lifetime to learn.” ― Bill Buford, Heat: An...
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It Starts Like This… Sometimes
Sometimes there are no explanations. I came home to this one night, and was asked to turn it into something. Maybe my family thought I was in training for something. ...
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Homemade Ravioli
“I thought we were going to take a 20-mule team out to the Grand Canyon and get a Bunsen burner and a bow and arrow, and whatever you can catch...
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Seafood Medly
Whipping this up in a flash…. beautiful shell fish seafood medly set atop a softly made jasmine rice with coconut milk. Sprinkled with dill and topped with lemon. Think...
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Fish Tacos
There’s nothing better after a long day, then coming home to a counter full of condiments, all set out to assemble the perfect Fish Tacos – on homemade flour...
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Use a Big Pot
“Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.” ― Julia...
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Pizza His and Hers Way
How to compromise a good pizza to suit her? Hand tossed wheat crust, just thin enough to create a perfect crackle. His way? Lots and lots of cheese – Goat...
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Condiments Rule
“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present,...
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Chef’s Original Burger Dog
Absolutely mouthwatering and definitely belt-busting, it is quite an achievement to finish a whole one of these jumbo monsters! Perfection starts with Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs. Then cover in the...
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Tools of the Trade
“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.” ― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen...
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French Toast Cereal Chips Bananas
Waking up in the morning to the absurdly quirky “Sandwich King”, we couldn’t help ourselves. We just had to recreate a breakfast treat using Lays Potato chips, Cinnamon Toast Crunch...
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Chef Steve Plating
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” ― Julia...
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French Laundry Grouper Crepe
This “French Laundry” inspired grouper crepe is infused with cilantro and set atop a beautiful pumpkin...
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