Eat Something Good

I was feeling a little adventurous last night and made dinner without a set recipe.  I read through a few for suggestions and ingredient ratios, but nothing stood out or I didn’t have all of the ingredients on hand.  So, before I tell my tale, I have to tell you a little thing about barbecue [...]

I was so excited when I found this recipe.  It was wonderful to see cinnamon listed as the first ingredient.  And they used a good quantity.  2 teaspoons.  The first time I had a savory food involving cinnamon was in a mexican restaurant.  It was called Boxcar Cantina (Greenwich, CT).  I remember that it was [...]

I worked for my folks for a little while during the late 90’s.  Their travel agency is in Manhattan.  So everyday, I’d make the hour trek into NYC with them all the while being tortured by either classical music, opera or korean broadcasting.  At the time, I needed loud pop music to wake up.    Anyway, [...]

Now I’ve heard of chicken cordon bleu plenty and have had some mediocre to really bad dishes.  For those of you who are not familiar with it, it’s basically chicken rolled up with ham & cheese.  The worst offenders are the fake’ish chicken ones that are prepackaged.  Steve likes those.  I have no idea why.  [...]

When I was in college, I used to make a chicken and rice dish with tomatoes.  I had no memory of what it was called, but I remembered how it looked in the casserole dish and how satisfying of a meal it made.  When I looked at the New York Times Cook Book (Craig Claiborne), [...]

It was definitely motorcycling weather this past weekend.  Perhaps a bit too warm for us.  On hot days, we like to be moving, not stuck in traffic so we try to avoid congested areas.   That’s why taking a little trip up north to one of our favorite barbeque restaurants was such a fitting idea.  Luckily, [...]