Mar
23
A new episode of Good Eats aired Monday night, entitled “A Bird in the Pie is Worth Two in the Bush”. It contains 3 recipes for pot pies. I asked my wife which recipe she would like to try first. She went for the Individual Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry. Below you will find …
Oct
18
After watching Alton Brown rewarding Zingerman’s Roadhouse in Ann Arbor for their mac & cheese, I have been inspired to improve my own recipe. One of the things I had never thought about was cooking it in a cast iron skillet. In the procedure to make the Zingerman’s mac & cheese, the dish was finished …
Sep
28
Recently on the Food Network, I saw two of my biggest food inspirations come together on my screen – Alton Brown and Zingerman’s. It was Alton’s show Good Eats that got me interested in cooking whatever I could from scratch. It was Zingerman’s co-founder Ari Weinzweig’s book “Guide to Good Eating” that got me into …
Jun
24
If you don’t know what a tip sizzler steak is, check out my post on that topic. Before you cook this steak, it’s best to marinade it first. Ingredients 2 tip sizzler steaks 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce 2 cloves garlic (minced) kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper canola …
Mar
04
The pork chop, a classic American slice of pig. Today I am taking that slice and giving it some serious heat via my grill pan. This recipe begins with a brine. The brine is basically the same one that Alton Brown used on an episode of Good Eats to make a slow cooked pork dish. …
Feb
02
Here is my 2nd recipe combining meyer lemons and chicken. Last time we baked our chicken, this time we are going the grilled route. The recipe here starts out the same as the baked chicken, with a 1 hour lemon juice bath for the chicken. Ingredients boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 Meyer lemon per 2 …
Jan
21
Frying pans are an essential kitchen tool. It’s one of those tools that you use often, so you want to make a wise investment. Cheap frying pans won’t do the job well and they won’t last. Most of the time when using a frying pan you want to use it over high heat, so you …
Jan
19
Have you ever seen a chuck arm steak in a store and wonder what to do with it? Or even what it is? Well I have that answer for you. The chuck arm comes from the chuck primal on the cow. The chuck primal is located towards the head of the cow. The muscles in …
Jan
11
Before you begin I recommend you read my post on “How to Cook a Flavorful Pot Roast“. For this recipe you will need the following ingredients: 7-bone chuck roast canola oil Better then Bouillon Mushroom Base (or any other mushroom soup base) 3-4 cloves of garlic 1 onion (your choice of type) kosher salt freshly …
Dec
31
Pizza can be done is so many ways. There is the standard pizza pie you order from the countless pizza joins across every American town. You can turn bagels into pizza (see my post on when I did this). You can eat pizza as a pocket pie or calzone. Now I am bringing you yet …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
