Potato Pancakes are a part of my collective family food memory. It seems that food traditions are such a rich part of most families histories. Memories of being gathered together in the kitchen or around a table always seem to glow the brightest in our minds. I’m not sure how many generations of women in my family […]
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How To Not Screw Up Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is almost here and we are all trying to put together a great crowd pleasing menu. If you’re reading this I’m going to assume you probably enjoy cooking (because really, isn’t that who reads food blogs?). But this time of year there are those who rarely enter the kitchen nervously googling up Thanksgiving menus. And […]
Continue readingBBQ Shrimp with Butternut Squash
BBQ Shrimp with Butternut Squash is a truly delicious fall dish. Because let’s be honest, orange food on your plate somehow just always tastes like fall has arrived. And by now you’ve probably outgrown your love of candy corn. This dish is a better (and healthier) alternative. Full of great fall flavors and that perfect orange hue. […]
Continue readingTop 10 Things to Cook on Evo
Top 10 Things to Cook on Evo! People who aren’t familiar with an EVO flat top grill will often ask me, “What can you cook on it?”. People who are ask , “What’s your favorite thing to cook ?” This post addresses both of these common questions. Because while you can cook pretty much everything on […]
Continue readingSimple Summer Supper: Perfect Juicy Chicken
These easy recipes mean that a simple summer supper, which is both healthy and delicious, can be ready for your family in just minutes. These family friendly chicken kabobs come out juicy, flavorful, and tender every time (a far cry from the dried out grilled chicken too common in backyards across America). The trick is […]
Continue readingPerfect Tapas off the Evo Grill
One of our favorite ways to entertain is with a tapas party. This easy recipe gives you perfect tapas off the EVO grill. Spicy chorizo is stuffed inside a sweet, chewy date then wrapped inside smoky, crispy, bacon. Grilled on the EVO it is a mouthful of WOW. Spicy, salty, sweet, smoky, and crunchy all […]
Continue readingGrilling with Carmen Quagliata
When you are grilling with Carmen Quagliata, you are in very capable hands. He is the Executive Chef and a partner at New York’s well loved Union Square Café . For almost 30 years, Union Square Café has been an fixture of New York’s constantly evovling dining scene. Opening its […]
Continue readingEvo Grill Recipe for Super Bowl Cheesesteaks
Super Bowl recipes and parties call for decadent hand held foods. Foods that guys love (i.e. do not serve mini veggie quiche at your party). Foods we have memories of enjoying at the stadium. Food that require extra napkins. So this year instead of (or alongside) chicken wings, 7 layer dip, and chili treat […]
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