by Brian | Jul 15, 2013 | Recipes
For our weekend party, we marinated 25 pounds of chicken wings in two quarts of Franks Red Hot sauce. I like people. I believe in mercy. I though some folks just, just might enjoy a dipping sauce that could counter all that heat. Suzen and I had homemade blue cheese...
by Brian | Feb 1, 2013 | Recipes
Last year, we posted a home-made onion dip that far surpasses the onion-soup-mix version. In this honest recipe, real life onions and garlic are cooked in a pan, not dehydrated and coated in chemicals. The resulting dip is fresh and bright. In this updated version, to...
by Brian | Aug 3, 2012 | Recipes
Onion dip, anyone? Yes, you can take a package of onion soup mix and that container of sour cream, and you can make something very good. [Especially if you double soup mix goop!]. It’s real comfort food. But, comfortable or very good is not exceptional. It is not...
by Brian | Apr 17, 2012 | Recipes
You may be familiar with Alton Brown and his entertaining show Good Eats on the Food Network. Alton is zany, brilliant, and, at times, opinionated. His number one kitchen faux pas? Having something in your kitchen that can only do one thing. He wants you to only have...
by Brian | Oct 10, 2011 | Recipes
The nightmare is always the same. I am hungry, I go downstairs to the refrigerator, open the door, and there it all is. The fridge is filled with stacks of one overpowering awful, disgraceful dish. Salmon cakes. The only thing you can make with leftover salmon....
