If I am counting correctly, this Tomato Cilantro Radish salad may be the third recipe that I’ve added to my website that was directly inspired by a menu offering at my local TacoDeli spot in Houston, with my guacamole and pozole recipes rounding out the trio. And I haven’t even seen this dish! It was […]
Boneless Chicken Breasts In 7 Steps
I have been taught over the years that there really isn’t much that I could make as a home chef that would be more boring than boneless chicken breasts. And I believed it. For a long time. And then my wife and I went to Blackberry Farm in Knoxville, TN, which is (pretty)-well known for […]
Mexican Chicken Vegetable Soup
If you are looking strictly at pictures, I suppose this bowl of soup looks very similar to some others that I have made, but I promise, it’s different. At least a little different! First, and foremost, I realized that all of my soups and stews were either vegetable based, or used pork or beef, and […]
Boiled Eggs, Soft or Hard
This may very well end up being the shortest blog post I have ever included on this site, and yet, totally worthwhile. * Spoiler alert, I just reread this post, and it’s not close to the shortest post I’ve included on this site, it’s actually one of the longer ones, sorry. * But please remember […]
Pork Guisado
Gotta hand it to Houston, perhaps the most diverse restaurant scene in all of America. It might be debatable, but definitely in the running. Which means that when my wife and I want to try something new, there are literally hundreds of restaurants with flavors from all over the world to choose from. **No interest […]
Baked Cauliflower Tots
Here’s another recipe that I could not have foreseen myself making when I was younger. Cauliflower tots? Um, no thanks, as a young man who just assumed that a life of fried chicken, tater tots and soda were ahead of me, I had absolutely no need for vegetables! But life seems to have a way […]
