A food blog from Chicago about keeping it simple in the kitchen
Have you struggled to cook thick pieces of fish, like halibut, thoroughly without totally drying them out? The key is cooking the halbut in parchment paper and making sure you properly fold the parchment. Many times I’ve come home with a beautiful piece of halibut, cooked it and found it […]
With the right cut and the right marinade you can grill awesome beef kebabs. And even if it isn’t outdoor grilling season, don’t worry as these steak skewers are great for indoor broiling too. For some unknown reason, I never really got into beef skewers (also known as shish kebabs) […]
Beef Tenderloin is great. What about oven roasted beef tenderloin that’s been rolled and stuffed with garlic and horseradish? Well, that’s even better. And it’s a one pan dish that’s really quite easy to do. The trickiest part of the dish is butterflying open the filet. I could have taken […]
Who loves pulled pork? Who loves waiting 8 hours for it to be ready in a slow cooker? After somewhat successfully converting other slow cooker recipes for a pressure cooker, I set out to do the same with pulled pork. This wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. […]
I’m pretty sure it’s still trendy to wrap just about anything in bacon. Plus, it’s hard to go wrong wrapping a pork tenderloin in bacon. Add in lots of garlic and roasted vegetables, and it’s actually a fairly easy weeknight dish This caught my eye in a recent issue of […]
We can’t go to a Tapas restaurant without ordering at least one Tortilla Española. And it turns out that there isn’t a lot to it. Just 3 ingredients: eggs, potatoes and onions. Though somehow I’ve never really been able to make it as good as they do in a restaurant….until […]
My favorite eat-out lunch is easily anything Mediterranean. Luckily, in the Chicago Loop where I work, there seems to be more Mediterranean lunch spots than Starbucks. And nearly every one of these restaurants makes some variety of Chicken Shwarma. While the spices may vary, it’s typically always marinated and grilled. […]
If you’ve ever bought a refrigerated pre-cooked ham, then you know that the suggested cook time to warm it back up is based on the number of pounds, and could take hours. You get a warm ham, but it’s also usually pretty dry in the middle. Now, if you pressure […]
When I was working in Santa Monica, fish tacos were a staple at lunchtime. The great thing is that there’s no shortage of places in Southern California, like Sharkee’s, to get some great tacos. While each place has their own preferred fish, these baja tilapia fish tacos are the closest […]
Long ago, the restaurant Big Bowl had a signature dish called Crispy Lemon Chicken. I’m pretty sure I ordered it about every time that we went there. Similarly, my wife always ordered the Feel Good Chicken Wonton Soup. While it’s no longer on the menu, here’s an at-home version that […]