Carlo and I had a wonderful time camping at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon over the Labor Day weekend. Aside from a torrential thunder and hail storm on Friday night, the weekend was perfect from the cool alpine weather to the breathtaking scenery. Carlo also picked out some great food to cook too. [...]
After enjoying the Kogi BBQ Tacos last week, I came up with a new way to enjoy the salty and sweet Kogi BBQ sauce for breakfast. Inspired by the Pulled Baby-Back Ribs Eggs Benedict, I chopped up a leftover pork chop and whipped up some of the Kogi BBQ sauce for it. We had some [...]
A big trend in food right now is the emergence of food carts around the country, especially in cities like Portland, San Francisco, and LA. These mobile gourmet kitchens serve street food kicked up a notch, and perhaps one of the best known food carts is the Kogi BBQ truck in LA, which uses Twitter [...]
When I was back in Texas, I made some lasagna for my family for when they got off the flight from Scotland. Plane food has always tasted pretty awful, but it seems as though it has only gotten worse over the last couple of years. So I thought they deserved something tasty and comforting to [...]
Last week Carlo stated that he was done with the oven, and was only going to be using the grill for the rest of the summer as a way to beat the heat. He has done a good job grilling outside more, but I just can’t seem to stop using the oven. Even though temperatures [...]
Pretty much every Sunday night, we make pizza at home (you can see lots of previous efforts here). Ever since we got a pizza stone as a wedding gift last year, it’s elevated our work to high art. Usually, we just buy the whole wheat dough from our local Fresh and Easy, since for $1.14 [...]
We picked up some pork loin on sale a little while ago, and tossed it in the freezer. We had a hankering for some green chile stew, so Alex found a good recipe from Emeril Lagasse online. As an added bonus, it had no references to BAM! or Essence, which was great. It feeds 4 [...]
We are always on the look out for great breakfast recipes that we can make on the weekends because both of us could perhaps eat breakfast food for every meal. A couple of months ago, Esquire Magazine came out with an article on the best breakfast joints in America. In addition to the great breakfast [...]
This one’s called Arroz al Horno con “Perdiu,” or Baked Rice with Garlic, Potatoes and Chickpeas from the incredible book Paella!: Spectacular Rice Dishes From Spain by Penelope Casas. I got this book as a part of an awesome birthday present from my brother from La Tienda. If you want to go the whole hog [...]
After going to the Farmer’s Market last week and purchasing some beautiful Russian Kale, I needed to find a recipe in which this vegetable could star. Carlo suggested that I try this Kale, Sausage and Mushroom Stew recipe from the New York Times blog of Mark Bittman, who has written numerous cookbooks and of course, [...]