There Goes the Neighborhood: Olive Garden Rolls Out a Food Truck
Just a few months ago, we wrote about some of the most inventive food trucks around the world, and the chefs that manned them. Unfortunately, it looks like the food truck trend may have just officially jumped the shark as Olive Garden recently rolled out their...
Dinner Ideas: Chicken Breast Recipes And A Simple Pan Sauce
Chicken Breast Recipes Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once said "A great meal without a sauce is like a beautiful woman without clothes. It can provoke and satisfy the appetite, but it lacks the coating of civilization that would arouse our fullest interest.” Given our...
Confidence In The Kitchen: How To Cook Chicken Breast
How To Cook Chicken Breast There is much you can do with chicken breast - from a roulade to chicken schnitzel. When writing a blog, you have no choice but to think back upon what you have already written. In my first chicken breast post I noted a quote from Jean...
Reinventing Hot Dog Recipes: 5 Creative Takes on an Old Tradition
If you're like most people, when you think about traditional American cuisine, you think about hamburgers and hot dogs. In fact, you can't get much more American than the hot dog. It's a staple of summertime outdoor grilling, is sold in almost every sports concession...
Pantry Raid: How to Cook Collard Greens
Mostly known as a staple of Southern cuisine, collard greens have actually been a part of the global diet of many people for millenia. That wasn't a typo - collard greens have actually been around since prehistoric times and have been cooked and eaten through the...
Dinner Ideas: Delicious Thai Beef Salad Recipe
Thai Beef Salad Recipe Don't you hate it when the restaurant you often frequent takes what you usually order off the menu? The restaurant may not be your favorite, but it is in the rotation for trusted dishes. Of course, after the removal, the establishment takes a...
How To Cook Flank Steak
How To Cook Flank Steak How to cook flank steak. This is important to know. When I am in the mood for a tasty, beefy steak with a bit of chew I turn to flank steak. It is one of the most versatile cuts of beef there is - usable for a variety of cuisines from...
Pantry Raid: How to Cook Cauliflower
Cauliflower never quite gets the respect it deserves, always getting passed over for broccoli and other types of leafy greens. But cauliflower deserves some attention. It's a healthy and tasty vegetable that can be cooked in a bunch of different ways and can make an...
Are Pop Up Dinners Good for Would-Be Chefs?
Pop up dinners - the name may sound familiar, but the concept isn't. For ages, restaurants have been providing hungry patrons with food, drink, and ambiance in exchange for a few bucks. Pop up dinners are no different, so long as you shrink the scale of a restaurant...
Dinner Ideas: Crispy Southern Fried Tofu
Southern Fried Tofu I have always been a little confused about vegetarianism and veganism - not the part that leads people to taking on these ways of eating as that is simply a choice. What confuses me is the part about the replacement foods. What is the expectation...