This, my friends, is an awesome soup. It's elegant and sophisticated and yet so simple to make. Richly flavore

Breakfast time... Breakfast time... What to have? What to have??? I could always go to my go to - a moderat

Hands up. ✋ Who likes avocado toast? I know I do. And this version - with lemon, herbs and crushed red peppe

Carved our first pumpkin of the season today - me and the boy. Came out pretty cool. An owl swooping down out

I've said it before and I'll say it again - sometimes shopping is the most important part of cooking. Sometime

It's salad weather. It's late December in New Jersey and it's salad weather 😳. {OK.  It's actually not.  

!!!!   AND a $200 Target Gift Card Giveaway   !!!! Yup.  A whole lotta lasagna... A whole lotta melty, che

Last night was steak night. A nice, thick, NY strip, grilled while the grillin's still good. I mean, before th

I love this chili. It's quick and easy to make. Has great flavor and is decidedly more healthy than a traditio

Many years ago I worked on the floor at this fancy pants place near Rutgers where I wore a tux and often cooke

Cedar Plank Salmon with Chipotle Maple Glaze... Can you dig it?? Lightly smoky, a little sweet, a little spicy

It's a wordplay day today... Tender beef basted in tangy teriyaki sauce and grilled to pink perfection... It's

It's cooling down now. Days are getting shorter, nights are getting chilly. It's definitely fall. And that mea

Sometimes I wonder if a post is worth posting - if a dish is, in fact, postworthy. And what makes it so? If it

  My mom has been particularly good to us lately. A generous anniversary present, always available to bab

Sliders!  Little burgers.  Cute, little burgers... With slow cooked, caramelized onions and spicy pepper jac

Here's a quick and easy one for you today. Pico de Gallo - a fresh Mexican salsa, made with just a handful of

  Grilling a little chicken tonight. A whole chicken - seasoned with lots of lemon pepper and fresh rosem

I enjoyed the Watermelon Gazpacho we made recently so much that I decided to try my hand at a Mango Gazpacho t

It's official. I have barbecue fever. Real BBQ. Not just grilling. Though I do have grilling fever too. But's

Note - all the ingredients can/should/may be leftovers. After all, that's the whole point here.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Ribs, that is, St. Louis style to be exact. If you don't know, St. Louis is a cut. T

Aaaahh... Gazpacho! Cool, delicious, vibrant, alive... My favorite summer soup. And this one, this one is spec

MHS Pretzel Burger - Sounds like a old timey sailing vessel, right? But, it's not. It's a Mushroom Ham & S

Don't know crudo? Crudo is the Italian cousin to Japan's sashimi. Fresh fish served raw, seasoned with olive o

Had a little brunch the other Sunday and along with an app of Tequila Cured Salmon with Charred Jalapeño Crea

We had a Southwestern Sunday Brunch the other day, and along with some bangin' Bloody Marys and a delicious Bl

Note - The key to this is starting with the best, most delicious, artisanal smoked bacon you can find.

The other day we made a Portobello Burger Caprese followed by some awesome Roasted Summer Plum Tomatoes. Today

Adapted from Tom C. at G.T.

I had a couple of really nice portobello mushroom caps layin' around in the fridge. Leftover from a big pork c

And shrimp! I wasn't gonna put shrimp in this. It was just going to be a quick pasta with the stellar, summer

So, I was grilling up a little fresh asparagus to go with dinner tonight and I was looking for a way to dress

Note - I used the rotisserie attachment for my grill. If you don't have one you could grill this using an indi

It was Asian bbq time this past holiday weekend. Seriously, it was. What? Like that's a bad thing? Anyway, aft

So we decided to have a little Asian bbq to celebrate the 4th of July - don't ask me why. I couldn't tell you