There’s a certain type of Mexican restaurant that one can find all over the United States. It’s the place whose interior is decorated in faux Spanish style walls covered in an absurd amount of obnoxiously colorful artwork. Often there’s a barely tolerable mariachi band being politely asked to move to the next table for […]
As someone who grew up exclusively using gas grills, I have to say that the first time I cooked over a charcoal grill was both exciting and intimidating. The entire experience quickly went from “wow this is going to taste great” to “wait what’s the purpose of that thingy?”. I guess I never realized
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Like most Americans, the concept of the shandy is still very new, and if I’m being honest, foreign. You see the drink itself originated in Europe, and for some odd reason never really caught on here in the states. You have the “radler” in Germany, the “panaché” in France, while the term shandy itself
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What is compound butter? Compound butter is the more official term for what we regular folks would call flavored butter. For example, chances are that you’ve heard of this wonderful thing called “garlic butter”? Well, that’s just butter that’s flavored with garlic and is one of the most basic forms of compound butter. Â
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The first time I heard about the Spanish tortilla, or “Tortilla de patatas” I was caught completely off guard.  You see patatas is the Spanish word for potatoes so in my mind I was expecting some sort of flatbread made out of potato flour.  You know, kind of like how you’d make a loaf
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases I don’t know how it is where you live, but we’re finally starting to feel the summer heat here in Colorado.  And as always I tend to spend most of this time of the year whipping up frozen treats to help keep myself cool.  But
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My mother comes from a fairly traditional Catholic household, and like many Catholic families, they practiced fish fry Fridays.  What exactly is fish fry Friday? Well, it’s a practice that originated with the Catholic Church’s prohibition of the consumption of meat on Fridays during Lent.  They did, however, had a “loophole” which allowed the
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If you’ve ever eaten at a P. F. Changs, then chances are that you’ve tried their chicken lettuce wraps.  It is consistently their number 1 selling dish, and in my opinion, one of the best damn appetizers ever invented.  It’s simple in its ingredients, light enough to not spoil the main course, full of
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Hello class and welcome back to another installment in our Cooking 101 series.  Today is part two of our lessons on cookware, and if you haven’t already check out part one then I highly recommend you do so before reading on.  In our first lesson, we discussed the common anatomy of cookware and the
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I hope you’re ready to parle francais because today’s post is all about ratatouille.  And no folks, I’m not talking about the Pixar movie. No, the ratatouille that I’m referring to is a classic French dish that hails all the way from the southern region of Provence.  It originated as a cheap meal for
