Parents know that cooking for young kids can be a pain. Non-parents: now you know. Shan and I try to keep the boys out of a chicken finger or mac n’ cheese routine, but shuffling new dishes into the rotation can be a challenge. Expanding the palette — and palate — is a cyclone of experimentation,… [Continue Reading]
Lo-Fi Crab Cakes (Finally Making Use of an Impulse Purchase)
Have you ever grabbed an odd ingredient from a grocery store shelf with no plan, just because? Well, when I bought those two cans of Crown Prince Fancy White crab meat, I wasn’t thinking that it’d take a year to use them. Sure, their “use by” date extended safely into 2016, but come on. They… [Continue Reading]
Alton Brown’s Homemade Soft Pretzels
A soft pretzel just always sounds like a good idea. If you hadn’t really thought about it, just let that marinate for a minute. Right? But how often do the soft pretzels you’re likely to run into really scratch the itch? When the opportunity does present itself, you’re probably faced with the cold, dry, gummy, tasteless… [Continue Reading]
Chicken Wing Dip
This is a favorite of the household, and may be the one dish for which we have code words. Its street name is “Cee-Dub” (as in “C.W.D.”) If I mention to Shan that I’m thinking about picking up “fixin’s” on the way home, she knows what’s up. A while ago, our intake was getting to… [Continue Reading]
Shredded Pork Tacos (Carnitas)
Day three, you might be thinking “Hmm, maybe Kim doesn’t want any more pork.” That is where you would be incorrect. One: pork is great and unless you’ve just engaged in some sort of Man vs. Food challenge, then there is no such thing as “too much pork”. Two: see “One.” This is one of… [Continue Reading]
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