My Indy Neighbor Makes the Best Jerk Chicken
My neighbor makes the best jerk chicken.
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i8tonite with Orange Beach Chef David Pan & Chargrilled Oysters Recipe
Chef David Pan was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota – one of my favorite towns in the world! After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu Mendota Heights, he began his career at WA Frost in St. Paul with Chef Russell Kline. WA Frost, one of my favorite restaurants in the Twin Cities, is a leading […]
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Cuban Mojo (pronounced “mo-ho”, not Austin Powers “mojo”) Chicken
Nick is cooking tonight…and he’s making Cuban Mojo Chicken which is a marinade or sauce of only 5 ingredients: bitter orange, freshly ground cumin seeds, garlic, fresh oregano and olive oil. Having lived in Miami for most of his adult life, Nick loves Cuban food. According to LAist, there are quite a few Cuban restaurants […]
Read MoreLettuce Eat Lettuce, Then Lettuce Talk About Sex (Kidding about the second part!)
Lettuce is one of those funny foods that I don’t think anyone really thinks about. There was a time when it was just diet food, especially the much maligned iceberg. Iceberg is not the most nutritious,but it’s so edible and fun. You can use it in place of taco shells, make cole slaw, use it […]
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Meatless Monday: Grilled Caesar Salad (just Meatless) and Family Suppers
It’s a funny thing about Caesar Salads. They bring me right back to waiting tables/bartending or working in a restaurant kitchen. Many of the “family meals” when I worked in restaurants consisted of a salad, burgers, pizza or pasta. There was never any of the slaved over staff dinners that is being touted in the […]
Read More….at David’s: Rubbed Pork Chops and Grilled Radicchio
May is National Salad Month, which to my less than haute cuisine mind (I grew up on canned beans and Hamburger Helper) means salads of lettuces and maybe another variety of vegetable tossed with a dairy dressing (mix in a little packet of dried herbs from a non-existant Ranch). As I grew up and became […]
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