A big satisfying sandwich can make a great weeknight dinner. For this Curry Chicken Sandwich recipe, the chicken can be prepared the night before and dinner can be on the table in 10 minutes. I usually serve this with some homemade potato chips, or a green salad with sliced apples.
I had just 48 hours in Chicago and I wanted to make the most of it.
I picked up my rental car and went straight from O’Hare International (a smooth 90 minute flight from Newark) to Rick Bayless‘ upscale Mexican restaurant, Topolobampo (which is located just a flight of stairs away from Bayless’ flagship restaurant, Frontera Grill). [Read more →]
Ok, I am going to admit, I’ve been a naughty blogger. So I want to start by apologizing for my lack of posts. But this summer I achieved a dream I never thought possible — I had every Friday off! But now, as we savor the last tasty tidbits of summer, I am back — and armed with a summer’s worth of material. [Read more →]
Greek Salad is a classic way to make the most of end-of-the-summer produce….and a great way to highlight these beautiful heirloom tomatoes! I add whole wheat pasta to a traditional Greek Salad to make a more satisfying meal, without adding too many calories.
This Grey Goose Mango Lemonade is my favorite summer cocktail. It is so refreshing and goes down nice and smooth. But be careful, it will sneak up on you! [Read more →]
Finally summer is officially here, and for me that means that even though its hot in my kitchen, all I want to do is cook! The Greenmarkets are bursting with ripe, local produce…the time to get in touch with your inner Chef is now!!
One thing that a serious home cook needs is a clean and organized refridgerator. When I open that fridge door, I should immediately be inspired by possibilities. I want to see vibrant colors and the beauty of fresh produce. Here is a little snap shot of my fridge today…..
I am a die-hard New Yorker and when I travel I rarely think, “I could live here”, with the exception of Seattle and Philadelphia. I just love Philly. It’s a lot like Brooklyn, but (dare I say), better…
Everyone knows when you go to Philly you eat cheesesteaks… but Philly has so much more to offer. My first night there my husband and I had an Amazing meal at Tinto… A pintxos bar and restaurant, meaning small Basque dishes served family style. We had the Chef’s Tasting Menu ($70 per person).
With one annual exception, I rarely spend much time watching reality shows on television. That exception has arrived this month, as I feast upon a slew of food- and cooking-themed programs.
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I know y’all have seen the new V-8 commercial on the Tube these days. There’s a 20 something out walking past a store front window (I think it’s a gym), and he pauses, pulls out a V-8, cracks the sucker open and gulps that bad boy down like he’s in some frat party’s “Who can shotgun a beer the fastest?” contest.
It’s the most truth-in-advertising we’ve seen in a long while.
I can barely go 70 minutes without eating. So the possibility that there is a person out there, however yogified, who claims to have gone 70 years without eating OR drinking…well, that simply blows my mind.
Even if there is some cosmic explanation behind the condition of Prahlad Jani, the 82-year-old in question, he’s been missing out on some really spiritual experiences. Chicago deep dish. A top shelf burger in New York. Shoot, I frequently bring up my first foray into ethiopian food, which I certainly hope wasn’t the last because I loved every scoop of it. Yes, there is indeed a type of ethiopian cuisine. While every bite of food isn’t memorable, we all likely remember when and where we were when we tried something special.
It’s not too late for Mr. Jani though. At full growth, he could probably smuggle an entire Juniors cheesecake in his beard.
I work, I travel, I eat. That’s what I do. Last week I spent three days in Boston (my first trip to Beantown) and I believe I may have eaten at the best Steakhouse in the country.
I am totally digging my new chicken recipe. I use Wegmans Parmesan Italian Dressing and Weber’s Garlic and Herb spice. Cooking is a pretty macho things these days, think about it — look at the guys on TV — Bobby Flay, Emeril, Guy Fieri, and Alton Brown. Well, 3 out of 4 ain’t bad. I would like to think I am a pretty decent cook — and love cooking on the grill. Since the weather has turned, I have grilled practically every night. So I got this stuff from Wegmans and added in the spice — then rubbed it all over the chicken and basted it while it was cooking. Wow, was it good. The local potheads came floating towards my house like zombies when they smelled the amazing aromas coming off of my overworked grill. Most importantly, the girlfriend gave it the seal of approval. Sadly, the potheads are all still milling around in my backyard waiting for me to make the chicken again. [Read more →]
Pea shoots, asparagus, and dandelion! Sorrel, kale, and chives! Ramps, bok choy, and mesclun! Looks like we made it! Spring is here and I can mostly avoid the local supermarket for another 8 months. Our neighborhood Greenmarkets will get a lot greener in the coming weeks with bountiful produce (and pretty flowers too). This is where my year really begins and I fall in love with food all over again.
I am currently digging Chocolate Cheerios. In the 1980’s, when crack cocaine was tearing apart our nation’s inner cities, Coco Puffs were having a similar effect on the O’Connor household. They became a banned substance after my mom caught my siblings and I doing lines of the stuff you found on the bottom of the cereal bag that we called “Coco Dust.” After rehab — we were confined to boring, healthy cereals like Kix, Rice Krispies, and Chex. But now I’m an adult (kind of) — I have a mortgage, I pay bills, and I do the shopping. And I can buy Chocalate Cheerios — which are allegedly sort of good for you (at least that’s what I keep telling my girlfriend). They are delicious and I just hope my mom doesn’t catch me relapsing on my Coco Dust addiction. [Read more →]
I am a Julia Child fanatic. I feel so cheated that she died before I had the chance to meet her and become her best friend (oh trust me, it would have happened!). Generally I couldn’t care less about the Oscars, but this year Julia is involved (albeit against her wishes). I will be preparing Julia’s Classic Roast Chicken to munch on while we watch the Oscars, followed by her most famous dessert, the Apple Tarte Tatin. Here are a few more of my favorite J.C. menu combinations and recipes.
Enjoy the Oscars tonight and Bon Appetit!
America loves pie. The American Pie Council (yes, that seriously exists) recognizes this and has created National Pie Day (this Saturday, January 23) to promote it. I have come up with a set of Pie Day rules that I advise you to follow. If you do not follow my rules, you obviously hate America.
I’d like to start this post with full disclosure. I still eat beef occasionally but I struggle with it and I am working towards a meatless diet. I have come to accept that consuming four legged animals is quite simply bad for our health and bad for our environment. In terms of environmental pollution, the meat industry is worse than cars, planes, and all other forms of transportation put together. A 2006 UN Report says that raising cattle for human consumption is the greatest threat to our climate, forests, and wildlife. I feel pretty ridiculous going through the motions of environmentalism (recycling my plastics and newspapers, changing my light bulbs, carrying around a cloth grocery bag, limiting how much I use my car, etc..), while still committing the greatest sin of them all…eating beef.
It’s not often that a television commercial has the power to send me into a white-hot rage. You know the ones to which I refer: skinny, cooler-than-thou hipsters stuffing their faces and singing their songs of youth atop the roofs of a land that responsibility forgot. I tuned them out at first, assuming that the scruffily adorable trust-fund babies were shilling for vodka or the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. Sure, they were annoying but they were harmless, right? Wrong. To my horror, I realized recently that these ads are for something much more soul sucking-ly lame than smart phones or American Apparel. These ads are trying to put a positive spin on something that is pure, unadulterated evil: Miracle Whip. And now I’m pissed. [Read more →]
10. “Run for your lives! The electric carving knife has a mind of its own!”
9. “I didn’t have to stuff the turkey; it wasn’t hollow!”
8. “John, when you said you were bringing your new soulmate, Terry, we just assumed she was female.”
7. “It takes me a whole friggin’ year to forget how much I hate each and every one of you!”
6. “I realize it’s called that by some people, but can’t you just call it ‘white meat’?”
5. “Sorry about the pies. One’s pumpkin and one’s mincemeat, but don’t ask me which is which.”
4. “Yeah, my flat screen TV’s busted….Hey! Where ya goin’? We haven’t had dinner yet!”
3. “9-1-1? How do you get someone out of a tryptophan-induced coma?”
2. “Me? I’m thankful Thanksgiving just comes once a year!”
1. “You ate so much turkey, your belly button just popped like one o’ them Butterball thermometers!”
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