Comfort Food
What To Serve With Pizza
Who can go past pizza? It’s been served in one form or another for thousands of years, although the modern version is much more recent than that, dating back to the 1800s or thereabouts. With the …
Is Butter Good For You?
Butter has an interesting history. It was once very popular, partly because it was something made on farms. Big industry wasn’t required at all. But, when we started to get worried about fat, many …
Is Steak Good For You?
Steak is interesting. As a type of red meat, it’s been linked to various health problems and is thought to increase the risk heart disease, some types of cancer, and even type 2 diabetes. Yet, steak …
Black Bean & Garlic Pizza Dough Recipe
Love Chinese food? Why not try getting those familiar flavors into your pizza for a change? I do have a strong preference for Chinese food and it really is natural for me to turn to their cuisine for …
33 Classic American Breakfast Foods To Start Your Day Off Right
Breakfast – the most important meal of the day. It's also my favorite meal of the day. After having lived in Europe and China for a decade, it's my opinion that nothing beats standard American …
Slow Cooker Pho Ga
Certainly amongst, if not the most popular of Vietnamese specialties, this dish, locally known as the Pho Ga indeed deserves all of the fame that it gets. It is a perfectly-poached chicken noodle …
Almond Flour Pizza Dough Recipe
Almonds do have a distinct nutty flavor that you wouldn't get from any other nut or grain. This crust also has that rich flavor that I surprisingly liked for something savory like a pizza. So, this …
Spicy Lemon Pepper Fried Chicken Sandwich
The mixture of spices paired with the spicy butter sauce is what takes this Hot Lemon Pepper Fried Chicken Sandwich to the moon!
Overnight Sous Vide Bacon with Chili-Bacon-Fat Waffles
Perfectly cooked bacon every single time. Have everyone in the family looking forward to breakfast! I just found my new favorite way of prepping bacon – sous vide! I simply have nothing bad to …
7 Tips To Make Your Charcoal Pizza Oven Bake Even Better Pizza
With our nationwide obsession with pizza, it’s no wonder that pizza ovens have been growing in popularity. And, I’m not just talking about the wood fire ones either. Instead, there are now countless …
Top 10 Ramen Cookbooks
When it comes to Japanese food, nothing is more flavorful and popular than ramen. A combination of noodles (which you can even buy online), broth and topping, ramen is well known for its umami flavor. …
The Best Propane Camping Grills of For Outdoor Cooking
Shopping at the store gives you the advantage of being able to see and touch an item. I enjoy that experience, for sure, but shopping online means that you can compare a variety of grills to find the …
Sous Vide Chinese Pork Belly
Who doesn't love pork belly with all those perfectly even layers of meat and fat? Sinful, yes. Indulging once in a while won't hurt either, would it? Let's face it. . . Chinese cooks inarguably …
What To Serve With Steak So Your Meal Truly Shines
Who doesn’t love a good steak? It’s one of the most delicious mains, especially when cooked just right. However, there’s plenty to think about when making the perfect steak dinner, including the cut …
Best Fast Food Burgers
Hamburgers themselves have been around long before fast food became commonplace. Once discovered, they took off and spread like wildfire, quickly becoming the icon they are today. Burgers are great …
Parmesan and Nutmeg Pizza Dough Recipe
Take your basic pizza dough to a whole new flavor level with parmesan and nutmeg. Tasty and really aromatic! This is one flavor-packed dough. The parmesan cheese on its own just adds so much more …
Slow Cooker Oriental-Spiced Osso Bucco with Spicy Cilantro Gremolata
Osso Bucco, Italian for “bone with a hole”, is a traditional Milanese dish of cross-cut veal shanks braised in white wine, stock, and flavoring vegetables. It is traditionally served with gremolata, …
Sous Vide Miso-Glazed BBQ Beef Steaks
Happened to see some good 7-bone steaks at the market. These are cross-section cuts from the chuck area, and while being that robustly-flavored, they do tend to be tough if cooked with dry heat. …
Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou
This Chinese-inspired pork dish is definitely worth every step of its preparation. Start off with a good slab of pork belly. Choosing a cut with an even layering of fat and meat will determine this …
28 Desserts That Go With Pizza
Whether you order pizza from a chain store or make it at home, there’s always the question of what comes next. If you’re having dessert, what will it be? There are many types to choose from, but the …
Pimiento and Chili Pizza Dough Recipe
Spice up your pizza with this very flavorful dough. Adjust the level of heat to please everyone from your family to your most daring friends! Give your pizza some heat even before anyone can grab that …
Is Pho Good For You?
Pho is a delicious Vietnamese dish, one that we can now find in many American restaurants or even prepare at home. It’s a famous soup, partly because it has a rich flavor that’s difficult to beat. …
59 Weird Pizza Combinations That Might Actually Taste Good
Pizza is an incredibly common food and it's also an amazing food because it can be used in so many different situations. An even more amazing thing is that there are so many combinations of …
Pork Emincer
Fancy serving something French for dinner? This simple pork entree may be worth a look. This creamy pork emincer recipe would go perfectly with almost any side of your choice – pasta, rice, …
5 Best Plant-Based Steak Brands
Of all the meats out there, steak is certainly a unique one. It can be made in so many different ways, from red and tender to well-cooked and tough. There’s a steak for every preference out there …
Cassava Flour Pizza Dough
A very quick and easy to prepare gluten-free crust that surely won't disappoint. This can easily pass as a regular thin crust pizza made from ordinary all-purpose flour. To be really honest, despite …
Sous Filet Mignon with Liver Compound Butter
Nail your steaks to perfect doneness every time. The liver compound butter adds a good richness to the beef without masking a bit of its flavor. If there's one reason to justify getting sous vide …
Semolina Flour Pizza Dough Recipe
The use of semolina flour makes all the difference in this pizza dough. You may never do one again without it. This has been the closest I've got to a typical pizza dough, having used several …
13 Best Cuts Of Steak For Cast Iron Searing
Steak isn’t a one size fits all deal. Not even close to it. Some of the best cuts of steak for cast iron searing don’t fare well when used in a stew and vice versa. Choose the right cut of steak, and …
Banana Flour Pizza Dough
Having worked on lots of gluten-free options for a pizza dough over the past couple of months, I would say that banana flour is my favorite by far. The reason for that isn't to do with how well the …
Spelt Flour Pizza Dough Recipe
The choice of simple toppings in this recipe really allowed the beautiful crust to stand out. Though spelt is not gluten free, it is a common wheat alternative, with its own unique flavors and …
Gluten-Free Neapolitan Pizza Recipe
Perhaps the closest you could get to a classic Neapolitan without any of the gluten. A healthy and delicious treat for the whole family. I am fully aware that I'm up for a challenge recreating a …
Millet Flour Pizza Dough Recipe
I've been wanting to try out millet flour for my pizza dough for quite some time now (I've experimented with many other flours too, including rice flour and lupin flour). The problem is, I can't find …
Portable Pizza Ovens For Your Backyard
If you’re a grill fanatic or simply love cooking, then making pizza in your own backyard could be a dream come true. This is something that I love doing and you can end up with hand-cooked artisan …
Is Bacon Good For You?
Bacon isn’t known for its health benefits. Its best features are to do with the taste of the meat instead, its smell, and that satisfying crunch when it’s cooked. When it comes to health, few people …
Is Ghee Good For You?
You may have seen ghee in the grocery store before or perhaps featured in an Indian cookbook. So, what is this ingredient, and is ghee good for you? Let’s start with the basics. Ghee is one form of …
Fried Tilapia Burgers
Serve burger differently for dinner. Healthy, tasty, and filling. . . this tilapia burger is such a wonderful treat!
19 Types Of Steak That Will Delight Every Carnivore
Steak is incredibly popular, which isn’t surprising, given that it’s delicious and packed full of flavor. Despite that popularity, steak can also be pretty confusing. How do you cook it, what do you …
BakerStone Pizza Oven Box Review
[no_toc] I'd venture to say that most of us have some kind of fond memories about pizza. Maybe it was a pizza party after your sports events as a kid, surviving college amidst a dorm room full of …
Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
This is like fried chicken and pasta in a one-pot dish. Well that's at least what my son thought, and yes did he enjoy dinner! Technically, it's not. The chicken, though starting off in the pan for …
7 Most Expensive Cuts Of Steak
Steak is delicious, there’s no denying that. It can also get confusing fast. There are so many different cuts and some of these have multiple names. It’s easy to assume that the most expensive cuts of …
Sous Vide Ramen Eggs
I was really fascinated by these perfectly cooked eggs the very first time I had one in a bowl of authentic Japanese ramen. So overwhelmed by its perfection, I thought that preparing them at home …
Cocoa Pizza Dough Recipe
Impress all your friends with this gorgeous-looking pizza. Win them even more with their first bite. Chocolate does work in savory recipes too, that's for certain. This pizza dough takes relies on …
Coconut Flour Pizza Dough Recipe
Go gluten-free without passing up on your favorite pizza. A healthy treat everyone would love. I've been cooking with coconut flour for a long time, using it for a range of purposes from breading …
14 Types Of Pizza You'll Fall In Love With
Few foods are as beloved or as versatile as pizza. Sometimes, it’s a fun party food, perfect for when you can’t be bothered cooking or thinking about your meals. Other times, it’s a comforting treat, …
Sous Vide Broccoli with Bacon and Blue Cheese Mornay
Quick and easy broccoli cooked to a perfect crisp. Kids will surely love them with this rich and flavorful cheese sauce. I've been putting my sous vide equipment through extensive testing lately, …
Is Peanut Butter Good For You?
There’s no denying it. Peanut butter is delicious. It has a perfect balance of creaminess, nuttiness, and saltiness, all in an inexpensive product. It’s no wonder that so many recipes rely on peanut …
Can You Eat Ramen Raw?
Crunching on ramen noodle cakes is a classic practice – and not just for college students! Many people love the crunchiness of uncooked noodles, sometimes even on their own without any seasoning …