Flank Steak Fajitas Southwest Egg Benedict Wraps Braised Chicken Thighs-Jacob Burton’s Death Row Meal Tryout Homemade Pesto Steamed/Roasted Chicken and Leaks Continue reading

In 1991, I lived in a truck in the deserts of Saudi Arabi, Iraq and Kuwait.  All we had to eat was MRE’s and a few other things that came in cans and packages.  It was possible to combine the individual components and come up with something edible.  Once the wiring is there, you sort… Continue reading

  Anyone that knows me knows that I love the back to basics practicallity of living.  I have been making beef jerky since 1992.  For nearly 10 years now I have been taking dehydrating to all new levels.  Today my cupboard is full of canning jars with dried vegatables that I dried when I determined… Continue reading

Last night we did took a culinary journey to Africa.  This was done because despite the Internet and Kindle and iPhones etc, we still go to the library.  (We do not have iPhones or a Kindle, but I do have a disconnected cell pone that I carry as a stopwatch, flashlight and iPod, but that’s… Continue reading

I cannot eat a store bought popper again after these.  These were inspired by cooking with Caitlin and seasoned my own way. Continue reading

January was Mexican Month for me.  Here is my interpretation of Marcela Valladolid’s Chile Rellanos.  Pablanos stuffed with Monterey Jack and Oregano and roasted and batter dipped and fried with a nice chunky tomato spice spooned over.  Absolutely awesome. Continue reading

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This is a recipe of my own design.  I loved the Mussels in White Zinfandel recipe that my wife makes.  But she fell in love with these.  2 pounds of mussels cooked in sauted onions, garlic, butter, cilantro, portobella Mushrooms, sun dried tomatos and Vermouth with a nice cream stirred in at the last minute.… Continue reading

These pizza’s showed me that the sky is the limit.  Just like a song does not need to have the chorus sang until the last 30 seconds of the song, a pizza does not need to be constructed traditionally.  These were good but from here on out, I’d settle for the REAL dough instead of… Continue reading

I was asked at work the other day, what I like to cook.  It was strange, because other than my signature Spinach Artichoke Dip, I couldn’t really think of anything.  This is funny because there is so much.  It makes me think about how all of this happened.  While the pop culture of cooking that… Continue reading