These Blistered Shishito Peppers are a super easy and most tasty app. The Japanese cousin to Spain's padron pe

Happy holiday weekend everybody! Hope you've got big plans. Runnin' around, big parties, long days at the beac

This dish is easy. Easy and delicious. It is easylicious. Easy chicken chilaquiles - aka chicken tortilla cass

Welcome folks! Welcome to the hot and steamy weeknights of summer. Now, what are we makin' for dinner? How's a

Aaaahhh... Prosciutto & Melon. Classically simple yet totally elegant - like a well tailored suit. Salty,

*Note - As I mentioned in the post I found a good, high quality blackened spice rub from FreshDirect - a great

Grilled salad??? Oh yeah! If you're like me, and you believe just about everything tastes better grilled, then

You know, I still miss a lot of things about living in New York not the least among them is "street meat".  S

I'm a huge fan of Tzatziki - a cooling, cucumber and yogurt dip accented with garlic, mint and lemon. Traditio

Note* - Cuban Mojo is traditionally made with sour oranges which can be difficult to find. Combining fresh ora

Got some super fresh tuna today. Thought I'd whip up a quick Tuna Teriyaki for dinner. Never thought my 5 year

Note* - Teriyaki Sauce is traditionally made with fresh ginger. But, I couldn't get my hands on any despite go

Sometimes you just don't know what's for dinner till you open up the fridge. I had no plan this evening. We'd

This post is more about a process than about a recipe. Maybe that's weird because a recipe is a process, isn't

Found some sweet red corn at the market today. I don't mean it was sweeeet - like it was awesome. I mean sweet

Certain vegetables are synonymous with spring - like asparagus, rhubarb, peas and ramps. Ramps, if you don't k

I found these crazy pink lemons at the market the other day and I was looking for something to make with them.

It was soup & sandwich night last night, so I made a little Cold Tomato Basil Bisque to go with the Mozzar

Having a little panini thing for dinner tonight. A deliciously crispy, cheesy Mozzarella & Pepperoni Panin

We went over a friend's house for dinner the other night. Kind of a kid's playdate/parent's party thing. Now,

It's leftovers day here at t.o.k. The other night I went pretty much all store bought for dinner. Pork chops m

When the weather starts to get warm I start to get grillin' fever. And today was warm. And Jax asked me to mak

It's another pizza day here at t.o.k.  Seems like I'm on a bi-weekly pizza schedule recently. Last time it wa

Had a big chunk of steak left from last night's Grilled Flat Iron Steak with Chimichurri Sauce dinner. That an

In the mood to do a little grillin' tonight so I headed out to the store to see what was up. The butcher had a

If my wife had her way she'd eat shrimp every night. Shrimp and bubbles - that's her favorite, her happy place

Continuing our most eggscellent week... I call this one the hangover helper. It's specially reserved for "thos

In honor of both Taco Tuesday and Cinco de Mayo we're having Breakfast Tacos today. Usually I save these for t

Aaaaahhhh.... Guacamole! That summertime staple. That no fail bowl of chip dipping, creamy green goodness. Sav

I think it was at the Mermaid Inn in the East Village many years ago that I first tried pasta with a salad on

It all started with that ham bone. That big, meaty ham bone leftover from Easter dinner. Had to do something w

I set out to make wasabi deviled eggs. You might not be able to tell from the photo above, but the wasabi devi

Actually it was more like a chicken and rice and black beans and mango and... You get the idea. Funny, I was n

Whipped up a little Carrot Ginger Coconut Milk Soup to go with last night's Pork Bahn Mi. It's really simple a

Sometimes the best dinners are borne from what's on hand. I had quite a few foods hanging about my kitchen thi

2 thick inches of cast iron seared, butter basted, prime, beefy goodness... So much for meatless Monday. We re