Sandwich is still the word of the month for April in my kitchen, so I’ve been trying out some new ideas – this one born of pork & pesto! Simply put, I baked some wide slices of slab bacon with fresh thyme sprigs at about 400 degrees in the oven, flipping halfway through to add [...]

Esposito’s Pork Shop is now serving a limited (so they say) run of chorizo sausage and I am happy to provide my endorsement.  A little sweeter/softer than the usually more intense levels of heat I’m used to in chorizo, the subtle Italian influence on Esposito’s blend packs a nice balance of flavor and heat. Though [...]

Do you buy salad dressing in the grocery store? I certainly did for a while, especially if I was making some special kind of Sarah Lee-like shortcut, but homemade dressings are often cheaper and nearly always better. I think pretty much everyone knows that, but just aren’t willing to let themselves agree when it So [...]

Sometimes you just need to go with a dependable classic.  And on Tuesday night after a long ride on the Acela home from DC, the classic I craved was a golden brown grilled cheese sandwich. It’s hard to go wrong with such a simple combination of ingredients, but there are some nice tricks  you can [...]

Many of y’all know that I’m a huge fan of Bloody Marys, so I was quite excited to check out the well-known recipe down at Phillips while visiting Baltimore after the wedding of my good friends Maya & Cam.  The celebrated seafood restaurant’s variation on the Red Snapper, is quite a good concoction with a [...]