by Brian | Jan 5, 2015 | Recipes
I love baked potatoes and, over the decades, I must have consumed acres of them. I would never insult those nice folks in Idaho by saying a baked potato can be boring. But it can be improved upon. I’ve done twice baked before where you simple extract the potato...
by Brian | Oct 21, 2014 | Recipes
It’s the perfect confluence of words: tomato, chile, and jam. This is a universal food. Almost. I would not be putting this jam on my breakfast toast, actually. It has more sizzle than I want to start my day with. But, on a toasted slice of bread with goat...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2014 | Recipes
The leaves are yellow now. As yellow as that watermelon in the background. Before the leaves are gone, before the last watermelons disappear, before the mint blackens in that first frost, this is a recipe to capture the last lights of summer. This gazpacho is best...
by Brian | Aug 9, 2014 | Recipes
Pok Pok in New York City and Portland is famous for its chicken wings. Which it turns out are actually Vietnamese. That picture above is representative of your mouth and brain after couple of bites. Actually, the wings are equally sweet and hot, so the overall effect...
by Brian | Jul 20, 2014 | Recipes
“What are you blogging today?” my wife Suzen asked me. I don’t get asked every day and when I am asked, it comes in two forms. There is the “I’m curious what you are going to please people with today” voice that I love. And, then,...
