This Matfer Bourgeat copper stock pot is one of the best kitchen purchases we have ever made, and it just gets better with age.
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Shrimp Scampi for Two
This was a go-to fancy dish when we were first dating. It’s still a classic.
Read More →I Love a Warm Bath
We love watching cooking shows, and over the last handful of years, we’ve seen more and more chefs using sous vide cooking for both protein and veggies. So a few Christmases back, Santa brought us an Anova sous vide cooker (I guess we weren’t that naughty), and holy cow it is awesome!
Read More →Refried Beans
For most of my life, refried beans came in cans and you’d heat it up as a meaningless side when you were cooking a Mexican main dish. Even in “American style” Mexican restaurants, they seem like a throwaway side dish. I’m here to tell you that’s a lie! Refried beans can be easy and fun to make and are a total game changer!
Read More →Ultimate Fish Sandwich
Susan and I were talking the other day about our nostalgia for McDonalds Filet-o-Fish sandwiches. I remember as a kid, that was the only kind of fish I’d eat. The classic FoF has a hamburger bun, has cheeseburger cheese on the top and bottom of the fried fish patty (which is square) and is topped by a dollop of institutional tartar sauce. So we wanted to see what would happen if we up-scaled this recipe, and it was awesome!!
Read More →Blackened Fish Tacos
So I came late to the party when it comes to fish tacos, but boy can they be great! I even tried making blackened catfish tacos for breakfast when we lived back in Monmouth – but that’s another story (a story about how gross a house can smell when you make blackened catfish at 6:30 in the morning – let’s just say that Susan was not amused).
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