Confidence In The Kitchen: How To Make Fried Rice
Confidence In The Kitchen: How To Make Fried Rice Everyone should know how to make fried rice. Not because everyone should like Chinese food, but because it is a great foundation to a ton of tasty meals (none of which have to be flavored in an Asian style, but could...
Would You Drink a Margarita Made From Powdered Alcohol?
Imagine a bar completely devoid of bottles, instead stacked high with little powdered filled pouches - each one featuring a different type of liquor or drink. A vodka pouch, a rum pouch, even a margarita pouch can transform from a basic white powder into a refreshing...
Pantry Raid: How to Cook Sweet Potatoes
Mmm, sweet potatoes. Even though most people in the Western world associate sweet potatoes with the Fall (their season runs from about November til around March), I like to cook with sweet potatoes year round because they keep well and are never difficult to find in...
5 Weird and Wacky Fruit Bowl Ideas
There's a reason why fruit bowls are so commonplace at family gatherings, dinner parties, and other various events that serve snack food. The fruit bowl is about the easiest and most versatile snack dish on the planet. Not sure what people will enjoy? Throw some...
Dinner Ideas: A Few Mexican Dinner Recipes
Mexican Dinner Recipes With Cino de Mayo around the corner we should all be ready with a few Mexican dinner recipes. Cinco de Mayo is one of those holidays that gives us a good excuse to make some delicious Mexican food. Not that an excuse is needed, but who are we to...
Confidence In the Kitchen: How To Make Carnitas
How To Make Carnitas Me gusta carnitas! Anytime fork tender, fall off the bone, crispy skinned roasted pork is involved, I am in. Wrap this porky goodness in a corn or flour tortilla and I am really in. Carnitas - essentially Mexican style pulled pork - are delicious...
Weird Foods Around the World
Even though I'm from the States, I've traveled all around the world and currently live in the Netherlands. As a self-professed foodie, being based in Europe has been great for me since it provides tons of cheap and easy travel opportunities, which lets me try out...
Should You Home Brew?
Home brew hobbyists have really kicked it up a notch over the last few years. The growth of home brewing has kept pace with the rise in popularity of small batch breweries, who have gained a lot of steam over large national and global brands like Coors and Heineken....
Dinner Ideas: A Poor Man’s Beef Wellington Recipe With Bacon
A Beef Wellington Recipe With Bacon Who doesn't like Beef Wellington? It is a lovely dish of tender meat and mushroom duxelle wrapped in pastry. It is a dish sure to impress, but not a dish that gets put together in short order. Plus, the use of beef tenderloin can...
Confidence In The Kitchen – How To Cook Bacon In The Oven
How To Cook Bacon In The Oven When we first hear the phrase "How To Cook Bacon In The Oven" it is intriguing. I admit, I hadn't really thought about it before. I was always quite happy to cook the bacon in my frying pan over medium low heat until the fat was rendered...