Foodie Friends' Test Kitchen & More

  Orange, Currant and Pine Nut Couscous Emeril 20-40-60 Fresh Food Fast, p. 48 5 stars A really great side -- we had this with salmon, steam...

Cheddar Cornbread Waffle BLT with Chipotle Butter HalfBakedHarvest.com 5 stars Wow - this was as good as the title of the recipe sounds. Res...

Spicy-Sweet Sambal Pork Noodles Bon Appetit Magazine, May 2020, p. 30 5 stars Ingredients: ramen or spaghetti, ground pork, ginger, t...

Pork-and-Apple Bedfordshire Clangers Food and Wine Magazine, Nov 2017, p.54 5 stars While simple, this took a long time to make as t...

Twice-baked potatoes along with ribs, broccoli cheddar gratin and popovers w/gruyere = a perfect meal Twice-baked Potatoes Bon Appeti...

You know you've cooked a lot . . .  Salt-and-Pepper Biscuits Grilled Brussels Sprouts with Bacon & Mushrooms We literall...

So fun. So delicious. A Vietnamese style caprese with grape tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, cucumber, basil, spicy meatballs over a bed of ric...

I love blog contributor the grandcruman's  creations (though, he hasn't contributed in a while, ahem).  I don't have a recipe...

Rothko-inspired bramble jelly shot Phase-Mother Earth inspired chocolate & vanilla cake A few weeks ago, our friends threw an...

Beef Wellington Mashed Potatoes Mozzarella, tomato, basil salad Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages   Life is good.

Please excuse the plating. Having guests over and can't think of what to serve?  We made this lovely dinner last weekend, and it was...

Not the prettiest plating, but oh well Again, not the best plating nor the best roasted almonds Lovely dinner with friends this pa...

Friday night. . .we were trying to figure out what to have for dinner, and I didn't feel like a major cooking endeavor.  I flipped throu...

 I mentioned the book French Women Don't Get Fat in an earlier blog post and the recipe Chicken Au Champagne.  Voila!  We made it ...

We can cook, so can you!  [channeling my Martin Yan] For dinner tonight, we made the Shrimp-and-Pork Dumplings with Bamboo Shoots recip...

This evening, we made our first recipe out of Thomas Keller's ad hoc at home cookbook -- and it was amazing!!! A note 'To the Wom...

Last year, we had a Texas Thanksgiving with brisket, cole slaw, mac 'n cheese, and blueberry cobbler. This year it was Festa Italiana ...

....9 pounds of Texas brisket, a smoking charcoal kettle, spices and about 6 hours later - Labor Day dinner. Throw in the good American ho...