I may be on vacation, but I still managed to find time to develop a new recipe. After a long day of travel and some exploration in New Orleans, my aunt and I headed to her house in Lafayette which is about a two hour drive. When we got to the house, we were hungry…
Category: cooking
Pasta Primavera
It has finally started to feel like spring in DC. The cherry blossoms have bloomed; the sun has mostly decided to make its presence known; outdoor happy hours and brunch are popping back up. Since it finally feels appropriate, I wanted to make something springy for our family dinner this past Sunday. Here enters pasta…
Maiale al latte con torta rustica
This post is devoted to the culinary skills of my best friend, Chris (with sous-chef Andrew). Chris is an excellent cook. We work well together in the kitchen, which is a vast improvement from our first few times cooking together all those years ago. Chris and I have different cooking style and different tastes in…
Global Eats – Ireland
With St. Patrick’s Day being this past week, I felt it was the perfect time for the next installment of my Global Eats project. I know it’s super cliche, but if I was going to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish food, I felt I might as well do it well. The partner of the…
Chicken Parmesan
Valentine’s Day was this week. I was too busy to do much of anything, but my gift to myself was to get in five miles of aerobic exercise on Thursday after work. I’ve been so stressed with work and life that it can feel hard to take the time to do things to take care…
A “Super” Celebration
In the United States, Super Bowl Sunday is a holiday. Sure it is not an official holiday, but it might as well be one. The Super Bowl is the second biggest food holiday after Thanksgiving. In a single weekend, Americans consume 1.38 billion chicken wings, 88 million pounds of cheese, 63.5 million pounds of pepperoni,…
Global Eats: Hungary
For the second meal for my Global Eats project, I traveled to the Central European country of Hungary. I brought the other two members of the Hungry Trio along with me. Hungarian cuisine is quintessential Central European food. The focus is on meats and cheeses. Starches like potatoes and noodles are also commonly found. Of…
